FE Report
The police prevented the employees of Proshika, a non-governmental organisation, from joining duties at Mirpur headquarters for the third straight day Thursday while the matter over its control remains unresolved.
Witnesses said nearly 1,000 staff, including 450 head office employees and officials from different Area Development Centres, gathered in front of the head office, under police cordon since Wednesday morning, and sought police permission to enter the NGO HQ.
They were denied entry on the pretext that the police did not receive any instructions from higher authority.
"The organisation is incurring huge financial losses because of the crisis," Proshika Chief Executive Officer Mahbubul Karim told reporters and added, "We don't understand why the police was not handing over the office to us."
Proshika authorities in the morning wrote to Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Mirpur Zone) Lutfor Kabir, claiming the right to take over the head office.
"We are yet to receive such a letter," DC Lutfor Kabir said.
The police Wednesday took control of the NGO HQ after driving out scores of supporters of ousted chairman Kazi Faruque, who forcibly occupied the country's largest NGO headquarters in the early hours of Tuesday.
Proshika staff denied entry for third straight day
FE Team | Published: January 15, 2010 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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