Drive against illegal chemical factories to go on: Rab DG

Rapid Action Battalion Director General Benazir Ahmed today said the drives against chemical godowns and factories in Old Dhaka will go on but it will be ensured no businessperson is affected unjustly by the drives.

“Our intention is not to put businesspersons in a difficult situation,” said Benazir Ahmed during a view-exchange meeting with businesspersons of Old Dhaka regarding to the relocation of chemicals, plastic and other flammable objects from residential area in Old Dhaka.

The meeting was held in Bakshi Bazar area of Old Dhaka.

Comparing chemical factories with “ticking time bombs”, the Rab DG said “I thank those of you, who are moving the chemical factories from Old Dhaka on your own accord.”

“We do not want another incident like Nimtoli and Chawkbazar,” Benazir Added.

Meanwhile, President of the Dhaka South City Businessperson Oikkya Parishad Abdus Salam, at the meeting, demanded that the taskforce discontinue the drive against chemicals in Old Dhaka.

“Businesspersons live in constant fear,” Abdus Salam said claiming that those chemicals which have been identified as flammable have already been moved.