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Shitalakkhya Drive

Eviction team attacked

Four cases to be filed against ACI Ltd

Staff Correspondent
The eviction team of Narayanganj district administration and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday came under attack by the workers of Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Ltd at Godnail of the district.
The team went to knockdown an illegal factory of ACL
A total of 11 labourers and one BIWTA official were injured in the attack, said executive magistrate Zahirul Islam, who led the eviction team.
The joint authorities of district administration and BIWTA are conducting the eviction as part of its ongoing drive to rescue the Shitalakkhya.
Four cases would be filed in this connection against the chairman of ACI Ltd, its General Manager Ishtiaque Ahmed and hundreds of unidentified people with Siddhirganj Police Station on charge of attempt to murder and obstructing government officials in discharging their duties, said Islam.
Of the cases, one would be filed by BIWTA, two by injured labourers and one by police, said the magistrate.
Alamgir Kabir, deputy director of BIWTA, told The Daily Star that they would file the case today. Ishtiaque Ahmed, however, said nothing has happened for which a case could be lodged.
Zahirul Islam said Ishtiaque Ahmed misbehaved with the government officials and provoked his factory workers to launch an attack on the eviction team.
The drive was stalled for some time following the incident but resumed soon in presence of additional law enforcers, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.
Later, the team pulled down a boundary wall, an outer fencing of barbed wire and tin-shed warehouses.
The ACI authorities are occupying around three acres of foreshore of the river without having any lease permit, saidAlamgir Kabir.
“The incident of the attack occurred as the workers were infuriated in the face of authorities' move for demolition," said Ishtiaque Ahmed.
“We did not receive any eviction notice,” he added.
The magistrate, however, said that they had served a notice to ACI before the drive.
BIWTA officials said an effluent treatment plant and a one-story building built by ACI, will come under demolition drive.
The ACI authorities, however, were given one-month time following an undertaking to remove the structures on their own.
Terming the incident 'unexpected' Awlad Hossain, manager (admin) of ACI, said it occurred without the consent of the factory authority.