Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy spent yesterday night at Sadar Model police station to protest the arrest of a city corporation contractor.
Local sources said police arrested Zakir Hossain, owner of Ratna Enterprise, around 10pm on Wednesday in a case filed by a railway land officer.
The sources also said on information of the arrest, Ivy rushed to the police station and stayed there until morning.
Ivy claimed: “Influential quarters arrested Zakir in a false case to foil a project.”
Zakir was implementing a project to build an amusement park and beautify a lake at the city’s Gymkhana area.
Abdul Malek, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station said: “Zakir was arrested in a case filed over an incident of beating up some staff of Bangladesh Railway.”
The contractor was accused of beating up and injuring some railway staff with seven to eight unidentified people on Mar 27, the OC said.
“No such incident took place. I contacted the railway secretary. He told me that he knew nothing about any such incident,” said Ivy.
The city corporation had awarded the contract for implementing the project on railway land and there was a dispute over this.
The mayor told the journalists: “The contractor was working on the city corporation’s directives. If anyone has a complaint, I should be arrested first.”
The district unit Jubo League president Abdul Kadir, panel mayor Moniruzzaman were present among others with her.
Ratna Enterprise got the contract for the Tk77.5 million project in August last year. The project is scheduled to be completed by August this year.
