GD hassle
Once I went to the 'Kotwali Police Station' of Chittagong for filing a GD (general diary), which was needed to raise a new SIM against my stolen one. A person asked me whether I had the GD copy written. As he charged me Tk 20 for that, I replied to him in the negative. Later, I wrote the GD in American style. When I submitted that to the officer-in-charge of the thana, he asked me why the GD was written in that way. I replied to him that the GD was written in American style. The officer in turn said, ''This is Bangladesh, not America.'' I remained silent. The next moment he asked me to give him Tk 100 for the GD. I said to him I had Tk 50 only in my pocket. He even demanded that money. I had to give him the money for the general diary.
This is one of the many ugly incidents taking place at the police station. People often face such harassment. The authorities concerned need to look into the matter immediately.
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