ePaper_2nd Edition_October 19, 2016

News 7
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
No one to take care of Sylhet bus terminal
• Md Serajul Islam, Sylhet
Ilish netting goes on
flouting ban
• Motiur Rahman, Manikganj
Central Bus Terminal in Kadamtali, Sylhet lies in dire straits. The picture was taken recently
Government has imposed a 22-day
ban on the netting, selling, marketing
and importing of Ilish fish
which came into an effect on October
12, aiming to boost Ilish production
by ensuring safe spawning
and protecting mother Ilish.
But government’s plan to protect
mother Ilish is going in vein, as
fishermen of Manikganj still continue
to net the fish, violating the
ongoing ban.
According to District Fisheries
Department, law enforcers have
detained 53 fishermen in the last
six days as they were catching Ilish
from different upazilas of the
district violating the ban. Mobile
courts also sentenced 40 fishermen
to one year jail and fined Tk71,000
to 13 fishermen during the duration.
Md Nurjatul Haque, an official of
Manikganj Fisheries Department,
said: “In the last six days, law enforcers
arrested 53 fishermen for
violating the ban.
“Though ban on netting Ilish
came into effect on October 12,
fishermen of the district are yet
get their allowance which the government
alocated to the fishermen
during ban. As they have to
maintain their livelihood, they are
catching the fish for their survival.”
Haque said this year Fisheries
Department had identified nearly
45 kilometers of Padma River from
Char Katari to Maluchi area as safe
zone to ensure safe spawning and
protect mother Ilish.
Several officials of district fisheries
department said it was quite
impossible to stop fishermen from
netting Ilish without providing
them proper assistance to maintain
their families.
Rubina Ferdous, executive magistrate
and upazila nirbahi officer of
Horirampur upazila, said: “Though
we detained and sentenced a number
of fishermen for violating the
ban, it is quite impossible to protect
mother Ilish without creating
awareness among mass people.”
Several fishermen alleged that,
they were compelled to net Ilish to
survive, as they did not get allowance
from the government. They
also said if government provided
them allowance during the ban period
they would stop Ilish netting.
Fishermen have pocketed a
good profits this year as they netted
abundant number of Ilish. •
Passengers at Sylhet Central Bus
Terminal near South Surma under
Kadamtali have been suffering immense
as the station has remained
in dire straits for nine years.
According to local sources, the
terminal was build up in 2007 in
the tenure of non-party Caretaker
Government. But, later the repair
of the terminal had not been done.
Selim Ahmed Folik, president
of Sylhet Transport Union, said
they had organised different programmes
demanding the repair of
the terminal. But the concern authorities
did not take any steps.
When this correspondent visited
the area, he found that a lot of
potholes developed at many points
and the water accumulated in the
holes.
Water cannot be released
through the tunnels as dirt and
wastes blocked it.
The terminal goes under water
during rainy season and the vehicles
remain standstill.
Power disruption is common incident
and the passengers have to
face critical situation at night as the
luggage and valuables are snatched
by miscreants.
The passengers who come from
a long distance suffer more as there
are no good restaurants and the toilets
at the station cannot be used
for its broken-down situation.
Some passengers alleged that
they cannot sit under sheds at the
bus stand as its are occupied by miscreants
like gamblers and addicts.
Ripon Das, in-charge of the terminal
police out post, said they
conducted drive when they got
information about the miscreants.
Two garment
workers found
in Savar
• Nadim Hossain, Savar
Two garment workers were found
dead in Jamgora and Begum areas
in Ashulia, Savar on Monday night.
Quoting locals, police said
neighbours found Afroza Begum,
21, a worker of Sat Fashion, in her
room of Jamgora area around 8pm
and informed police about the matter.
Local people assumed that she
might have been committed suicide
over depression, as her husband
left her long ago.
Meanwhile, police recovered
the body of Bulbuli Begum, 24,
from Begum area.
Neighbours said Bulbuli and
her husband used to lock in quarrel
over family matters. But police
could not find Balbuli’s husband
after the recovery of the body.
Officer-in-Charge of Ashulia
police station told the Dhaka Tribune
that they had sent the bodies
of two women to Dhaka Medical
College for post-mortem examinations.
The OC said they were trying to
detain Bulbuli’s husband to reveal
the mystery behind the death. Two
separate cases have been filed with
Ashulia police station. •
Khandokar Mohosin Kamran,
lease holder of the terminal, said
they could not take steps about
the terminal as the city corporation
owned the responsibility.
BLOGGER ANANTA MURDER
Court asks for
supplementary
charge sheet
• Mohammed Serajul Islam,
Sylhet
A Sylhet court yesterday asked the
authorities concerned to conduct a
fresh investigation into the murder
of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das and
submit a supplementary charge
sheet before it.
Judge of Sylhet Metropolitan
Magistrate Court 3 Haridash Kumar
passed rejecting the charge sheet
submitted by Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) due to errors
in the charge sheet.
Earlier, Inspector of the CID Arman
Ali submitted a charge sheet
against five people on August 28.
The accused in the murder case
are Abul Hossain alias Abul Hossain,
25, Faisal Ahmed, 27, Mannan
Rahi alias Ibne Moyeen, 24, Abul
Khayer Rashid Ahmed of Faljur
village in Kanaighat upazila and
Harunur Rashid, 25 of Tahirpur
upazila in Sunamganj. Of them,
Mannan and Abul Khayer are now
DT
DHAKA TRIBUNE
When conducted, Enamul Habib,
executive officer of Sylhet City
Corporation, said a project of Tk30
lakh had been taken to repair the
terminal. •
in jail while the others remain absconding.
The CID also recommended exempting
11 more people, including
an alleged extremist blogger Shafiur
Rahman Farabi, from the charge
sheet, as no evidence of their involvement
in the killing was found.
On May 12, 2015, blogger Ananta,
also an activist of Sylhet Ganajagaran
Manch, was hacked to death by
a group of assailants at Subidbazar
Bankalapara in Sylhet city.
Ananta Bijoy was also a writer of
the ‘Mukto-Mona Blog’, founded
by blogger Avijit Roy who was murdered
on February 26, 2015, two
and a half months ago after he had
come home from the USA.
Ratneswari, elder brother of
Ananta, filed a murder case with
Airport police station accusing four
unidentified people on May 13.
First, police had started the investigation
of the case, but the case
was later handed over to the Criminal
Investigation Department. •