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Silk traders demonstrate

2 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Chapainawabganj

Silk weavers yesterday brought out a procession in the town and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) protesting alleged extortion and harassment by members of the law enforcing agencies. They alleged that plainclothes policemen harass them when the silk cloth traders leave for capital or elsewhere to sell their products. The law enforcers often collect illegal toll at Chapainawabganj Mohananda Bridge plaza, Belpukur checkpost of Rajshahi and Natore town, they alleged. The processionists paraded the main streets of the town and held a rally in front of the DC office before submitting the memo.