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Pro-Faruque men seek govt help to get control of Proshika

Claim to be followers of Bangabandhu

Staff Correspondent
The family and a group of supporters of recently fired Proshika chairman Qazi Faruque Ahmed claiming themselves followers of Bangabandhu have demanded immediate government intervention to get control of the NGO and all its activities.
Shahana Ahmed, wife of Faruque, at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity yesterday demanded that his husband is the pioneer to establish the large nongovernment organisation. Proshika is now under control of Mahbub-UI-Karim and his associates, who are the supporters of BNP-Jarnaat. she alleged.
She also alleged Mahbub’s associates threw brickbats on her husband on Saturday, for which he suffered a severe heart attack and is receiving treatment at National Heart Foundation's intensive care unit for two days.
Shahana and other Faruque supporters claimed as they arc inspired by Bangabandhu's ideology and believe in the spirit of the Liberation War, they chanted
the slogan "Joy Bangla, Joy Bangabandhu" on Saturday when they went for a discussion with other Proshika staffs.
"We believe Joy Bangla is our national slogan which we can chant anytime," said Abdul Hamid Fakir who sat beside Shahana at the press conference.
Qazi Khaze Alam, chairman of Qazi Faruque's governing body Proshika, which lost legal battles in three cases, claimed their federation members [Proshika's beneficiariesl came to the head office on Saturday when Mahbub’s associates threw brickbats from the 14th-floor injuring several people.
Asked about the preparations of attack and safely helmets, sticks and sharp weapons used on August 1, he said Faruque's supporters and well-wishers brought helmets from nearby construction sites to protect them from probable attack" by Mahbub'smen.
They added Mah bub turned Proshika office a hostel for criminals and his men supplied food for them with huge financial benefits.
"They stored brickbats and other lethal weapons at the office compound," said Rasheda Begum, leader of Proshika's Trinomul Jana Sangathan, who read out one of three statements.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere at Proshika head office is yet to be normal and employees are still worried, though attendance is about hundred percent.
"Employees, especially our female colleagues, are still worried hearing a rumour of another violent attack on them," said Proshika Director (Microcredit Operation) Abdur Rab.
"All the official activities are now going on. We have already applied to the NGO Affairs Burdau for renewal of Proshika's registration and to the Microcredit Regulatory Authority for a licence to operate the microcredit programmes." he added.
“We also get permission from the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation to pay its loan of about Tk 60 crore in two years by 2012 and it will again give us funds from the end of the year that was stopped for past few years due to anomalies of Qazi Faruque," he said.