Services resume at Cox’s Bazar municipal council after 23-hour suspension
Members of the ruling party took position as a case was filed accusing municipal mayor and General Secretary of district Awami League Mujibur Rahman at the Sugandha, Kalatali, Laboni Beach points on Sunday, October 31, 2021 Dhaka Tribune
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Publish : 01 Nov 2021, 11:01 PMUpdate : 01 Nov 2021, 11:08 PM
The Cox’s Bazar municipal council resumed civic services on Monday afternoon, a day after stopping work to protest a case filed against the city’s mayor.
The services were suspended on Sunday afternoon after Mayor Mujibur Rahman was sued for the attempted murder of a former Bangladesh Chhatra League leader. This caused immense suffering to locals seeking municipal services during the time.
At 2pm on Monday, Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury, panel mayor 1 and organizing secretary of the district Awami League, announced the resumption of services at a press briefing.
Mahbubur said: “The indefinite suspension of services was called in protest against the case filed against the mayor. It has been lifted as we got assurance in a meeting that the case will be withdrawn.”
On October 27 around 9:30pm, former Chhatra League leader Monaf was shot by some miscreants in front of a market in Cox’s Bazar Sugandha Beach Point. He was at first rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital and later transferred to Chittagong Medical College Hospital when his condition deteriorated.
A case was filed accusing municipal mayor and General Secretary of district Awami League Mujibur Rahman and some named and unnamed others upon a complaint lodged by Monaf’s brother Shahjahan.
On Sunday, as the news of the case spread, members of the ruling party took position at the Sugandha, Kalatali, Laboni Beach points and other important points and demonstrated by lighting fires.
The demonstrations disrupted normal life in the tourist city for hours.
Services resume at Cox’s Bazar municipal council after 23-hour suspension
The Cox’s Bazar municipal council resumed civic services on Monday afternoon, a day after stopping work to protest a case filed against the city’s mayor.
The services were suspended on Sunday afternoon after Mayor Mujibur Rahman was sued for the attempted murder of a former Bangladesh Chhatra League leader. This caused immense suffering to locals seeking municipal services during the time.
At 2pm on Monday, Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury, panel mayor 1 and organizing secretary of the district Awami League, announced the resumption of services at a press briefing.
Mahbubur said: “The indefinite suspension of services was called in protest against the case filed against the mayor. It has been lifted as we got assurance in a meeting that the case will be withdrawn.”
On October 27 around 9:30pm, former Chhatra League leader Monaf was shot by some miscreants in front of a market in Cox’s Bazar Sugandha Beach Point. He was at first rushed to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital and later transferred to Chittagong Medical College Hospital when his condition deteriorated.
A case was filed accusing municipal mayor and General Secretary of district Awami League Mujibur Rahman and some named and unnamed others upon a complaint lodged by Monaf’s brother Shahjahan.
On Sunday, as the news of the case spread, members of the ruling party took position at the Sugandha, Kalatali, Laboni Beach points and other important points and demonstrated by lighting fires.
The demonstrations disrupted normal life in the tourist city for hours.