3 sued over using bamboo for rod in construction building

Three people have been sued over the use of bamboo sticks instead of iron rod in the construction of a building of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) in Darshana upazila of Chuadanga.

The accused are Moni Singh, owner of Joy International Construction, the construction firm making the building, and Abdus Sattar, director of its consulting division, and Ayub Hossain, purchase officer of the firm.

“Merina Zebun Nahar, innovation officer of the Agriculture Ministry, filed the case with Damurhuda police station on Monday night,” said Liakat Ali, officer-in-charge of Darshana Police Station.

Two more probe bodies were formed yesterday to investigate the allegation.

The district administration formed a three-member probe body, headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Abdur Razzak, to look into the matter, said Damurhuda Upazila Nirbahi Officer Faridur Rahman.

The committee has been asked to submit its report within seven days, he added.

Besides, the agriculture ministry formed another three-member probe panel in this regard.

Meanwhile, an investigation team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Kushtia circle, led by its deputy director Abdul Gaffar, visited the spot.

Earlier on Friday, a three-member panel was formed to investigate the anomalies.

The committee was formed with Khamarbari Plant Quarantine Wing director Soumen Saha as its chief. Two other members of the probe panel are project director of the DAE Strengthening Phytosanitary Capacity Project Ayub Hossain and DAE Chuadanga deputy director Nirmal Kumar Dey.

On April 07, the authorities concerned shut the construction work of the DAE Plant Quarantine Wing building following an allegation that the construction was being done with bamboo sticks as an alternative to iron rod.