April
16, 2000
Comilla,
Apr 15 (UNB) – Situation at Comilla Railway Station became tense
after an employee of Comilla Railway Station was assaulted by an army
personnel on Wednesday.
Railway
sources said Capt Arif of Comilla Cantonment beat parcel-assistant
Rafiqul Islam Majumder (50) after an altercation over the payment of
due godown charge of his motorbike.
Sources
said the army personnel refused to pay Tk 112 that the employee
charged for keeping the motorbike in the godown for three days more.
Capt
Arif booked the motorbike from Kamalapur Railway Station on April 8
which reached Comilla Railway Station on the following day. But he
came to the station for the bike after three days.
When
the incident spread in the area, a group of army officials including
Second East Bengal Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Humayun Kabir
visited the spot and assured the railway employees and officials of
taking proper action.
Rafiq
was first admitted to General Hospital from where he was shifted to
Comilla Combined Military Hospital (CCMH) by the army officials.
A
GD was filed with Laksam Railway police in this connection.
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