The High Court has granted seven more days to Bangladesh Railway to submit a report on mismanagement including black marketing of tickets, carrying passengers on roof etc.
A High Court bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat Khan passed the order on Sunday after the rail authority appealed seeking an extension of time.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin represented the state during the hearing.
The court has asked to submit the compliance report by Sunday after extending the time, said the DAG
On July 21, the HC bench asked the railway authorities to submit an action taken report by July 31 on its order to stop traveling on train tops and black-marketing of train tickets.
Earlier, the court also wanted to know the stance of Dhaka University (DU) student Mohiuddin Roni’s protest about his six-point demand as he staged demonstrations at Kamalapur station from July 7-18 against Bangladesh Railways mismanagement.
The High Court also wanted to know what steps the Anti-Corruption Commission took after Rony’s protest against corruption in the country's railway sector.
Following the court's order, the railway authorities said that a probe body was formed to look into the allegations.
A letter of the probe body was also submitted to the court by Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin
Roni, from July 7, has been demanding the implementation of his six-point demand after being deceived by Shohoz.com while buying a train ticket to go home during the vacation of Eid-Ul-Azha.
However, when he alleged this deception to the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP), they investigated it and fined SOHOZ.com an amount of TK2 lakh. Of which, Roni was given Tk50,000 on July 20.
On July 25, Roni suspended his movement after a meeting with the high officials of Bangladesh Railway including the Railways secretary and Director General when the authority agreed with his demands.
