The musclemen who wreaked havoc during the eviction of the truck stand in Tejgaon industrial area on Sunday cannot be stronger than people if they step forward to support the government, said Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq.
“These culprits attacked us when we were evicting the illegal truck stand from the area. They will not be able to escape the law,” he said at a press briefing in the capital’s Karwan Bazar yesterday afternoon.
“These land grabbers tried to provoke me, but I did not react to their antics; my team and I were silent the whole time. They also misled truck workers and made them join in the clash.
“We had police with us who did nothing wrong. Everyone who was there for the eviction drive maintained calm as the culprits raged on the street,” he said.
He said these musclemen are those who actually constructed that illegal establishment and ran their drug business from there.
The eviction put their illegal source of income at risk, and with it gone, their strength will diminish too, he added.
“We have requested the Ministry of Home Affairs and the police authorities to bring them to the book.”
With the eviction of the illegal truck stand, traffic movement on the Tejgaon Road will be better now, the mayor added.
