Pink City residents panicked by firing
A group of miscreants yesterday fired blank gunshots for half an hour at Xenovalley Pink City, a housing complex on the capital's eastern outskirts, to create panic among the residents.
Tariqul Hoque, a resident there, said, "We were awakened by the frightening sound of gun shots at 6:10am on the first day of Falgun and it continued incessantly."
He said to have seen a man firing the shots near road no 6 in the area with another man supplying bullets.
Md Shamim Hossain, another resident, alleged that the incident was a planned showdown by ICS Business Group, developer of Xenovalley Pink City.
Holding a press conference and human chain last Saturday, the residents protested the developer's move to build a high-rise building on a complex space that was initially allotted for making children's playground, said Sheikh Faridul Islam, president of the Pink City Home Owners' Association.
The association filed a case in this connection. Meanwhile, none of the official of the developer company could be contacted over phone despite repeated attempts.
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