AL ultimatum to remove Pabna DC, ADC
BCS cadre officers threaten work abstention, OC closed
District unit Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies yesterday gave an eight-day ultimatum to the authorities concerned for removal of the deputy commissioner (DC) and additional deputy commissioner (ADC Revenue) of the district.
Meanwhile, the district administration also gave a counter ultimatum to the authorities concerned to arrest the attackers or they will go for work abstention from tomorrow (Tuesday).
The district administration took the decision at an emergency meeting at the DC office last night. It also announced a series of programme protesting various activities of local Awami League carried out regarding the Friday's DC office staff recruitment examinations.
Under the programme, it will also seek mass transfers of the BCS cadre officers of the district today and wear black bandages tomorrow. The meeting also decided that a team of the district administration will go to the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka to discuss the matter.
Confirming their programme, Pabna Assistant Commissioner (land) Mostaque Ahmed told The Daily Star over phone that the DC, ADCs, all Upazila Nirbahi Officers and other BCS cadre officers of the district attended the meeting from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
ADC (general) Bijoy Bhushan Pal told The Daily Star that they have taken the programme protesting the activities carried out regarding the recruitment.
On the other, Pabna Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Atiar Rahman was closed to the Police Lines yesterday on charge of failing to discharge his duties, confirmed ASP Mosharraf Hossain Miazi.
The AL and its front organizations gave their ultimatum protesting the cases filed by the district administration against some of their leaders in connection with the Friday's attack on the two schools that halted the DC office staff recruitment examinations.
They threatened to go for a tougher agitation if DC AFM Monjur Kadir and ADC Imam Uddin Kabir are not removed by September 27.
Kamil Hossain, publicity secretary of the district AL, announced it when AL, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League leaders and activists formed a human chain in front of the district AL office around 1:00pm.
The district administration filed two cases with Sadar Police Station on Friday night against over 100 people, including 28 BCL and Jubo League men, in connection with the attack.
Police on Saturday arrested one Jubo League leader in this conection.
On Friday, raising an allegation of question papers leak, AL men allegedly forced to halt the recruitment examinations agaist 17 vacant positions at the DC office.
Vehicles of the administration were vandalised and its staff were also assaulted during the attack.
The district administration has refuted the allegations of leaking the question papers. Job seekers, who appeared for the exams postponed following the attack, earlier also told The Daily Star that they believe that the question papers were not leaked out.
There has been a dispute between local lawmaker Golam Faruk Khandaker Prince and the DC over various issues.
Pabna Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman and also upazila unit AL president Mosharaf Hossain yesterday said, “The DC does not consult with the local lawmaker regarding development works. Even, the DC does not invite the lawmaker as guest in different government programmes in the district headquarters.”
Contacted, ADC Emam Uddin Kabir said, "As a government servant, we cannot say anything that creates commotion.”
About the ultimatum, he said, "We are ready to go anywhere at the government's will.” The DC could not be reached for his comment.
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