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One abducted from Customs House in Jashore


Bangladeshpost
Published : 20 Feb 2020 07:07 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 07:33 PM

Benapole Correspondent

Miscreants have abducted a contractor at the customs, excise and VAT commissioner's office and interrupting for submitting tenders for the purchase and installation of baggage scanning machines in Jashore on Tuesday.

The contractor, Mehdi Hassan Swapan, was picked up in the car in front of the customs office at Tuesday noon.  Later, receiving treatment from the hospital, he made a written complaint to the Kotwali Police Station.

According to the written complaint of Mehdi Hassan Swapan, in the Simkhali Bazar area of Simkhali upazila of Magura, the customs, excise and VAT commissioners of Jashore called a tender to buy and install a scanning machine for the Darshan Customs Station. February 18 (Tuesday) was the last day for tender submission.

However, on February 17, terrorist Rakib Hasan Shaon threatened over the phone demanding Tk1 lakh from the contractor Fazlul Haque and Mehdi Hasan Swapan. They were also  forbidden to submit tenders.

However, ignoring his ban, he (Mehdi Hasan Swapan) submitted two tenders on 17 February. Enraged by this, Shawn, 7-8, pulled him out of the customs office and took him into a jeep.

However, Officer-In-Charge of Kotwali Police Station, Moniruzzaman said he has received the verbal complaint. He did not get any written complaints from anyone.