BCL, JCD men bar CCC tender dropping
Two listed Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) contractors barred a tender dropping schedule for two hours yesterday at Nagar Bhaban in Chittagong.
The CCC tender was for procurement of electrical equipment for Halishahar Sub Station worth Tk 42 lakh.
CCC sources said contractors Shabuddin, activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, and Saifullah of Bangladesh Chhatra League were barring other contractors from dropping tender documents into the tender box around 9:00am on the Bhaban's second floor.
On information, Mayor M Manjur Alam sent his personal secretary Abdur Rahim to the spot. Rahim said the contractors assaulted him when he went there.
"When I informed other CCC officials, both fled," he added.
CCC Secretary Shamsuddhoa said he went to the spot around 11:00am but saw nothing. But after opening the box half an hour later than the scheduled time, they found a tender of "Engineers and Construction Company" complaining in this regard, he added.
CCC sources alleged the two contractors were very close to Councillor and President of CCC Standing Committee on Power Md Giyas Uddin.
Md Giyas, however, denied and complained that the alleged contractors were using his name to save themselves.
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