Dhaka Bureau: Executive Engineer of LGED and Project Director of Chittagong City Corporation, Mr. Md. On Monday, January 30, 2023, LGED officers and employees from across the country formed a human chain to demand that the perpetrators of the attack on Ghulam Yazdani be tried and punished as soon as possible.
Engineers of LGED in the human chain said that on Sunday afternoon (29.01.2023) in Tiger Pass of the city, on the fourth floor of the temporary office building of Chittagong City Corporation, project director and executive engineer of LGED Md. Ghulam Yazdani was suddenly attacked and physically bribed by about 20–25 contractors in his room while performing official duties.
The engineers raised several demands on the human chain and said,
1. Executive engineer completely illegallyAll those found guilty of physically abusing Ghulam Yazdani should be swiftly brought to justice, and the contractors involved should be blacklisted for life with license cancellation.
2. Justice for the attacks on LGED engineers in the past few days across the country must be ensured.
3. In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, LGED field-level engineers should be provided with full-time gunmen to ensure the security of the overall development activities of the government.
4. Executive engineers should be given magisterial powers.
Giving a one-week ultimatum to the human chain, the speakers said that if all the responsible persons are not arrested within a week, a strict program, including a strike, will be announced.
Noting that all the leaders of the national professional organization Engineers Institution, Bangladesh (IEB) have expressed their solidarity in this human chain of LGED engineers all over the country, AGS Sheikh Tajul Islam Tuhin, the leader of LGED engineers, expressed his thanks and gratitude to everyone who participated in the human chain.
