Power station site vandalized, 7 hurt in Ctg

At least seven people were injured as a group of men attacked workers and vandalised an under construction power plant at Shikalbaha under Patiya Upazila of Chittagong yesterday Monday.
The injured were identified as Abdul Malek, 35, purchase officer, Fuad Hossain Roman, 28, Safety Engineer, Abdur Rahim Rony, 27, Account Officer,  Md Emran, 24, Mechanical Engineer, Welder Rubel, 28, Welder Azad, 38, and Driver Suku Miah, 40. All of them are employees of construction company Union Mercantile Limited (UML), a sub-contractor of main contractor Larsen & Toubro India Ltd.
The injured were admitted to a private hospital in Chittagong city, said UML sources. Among them, the condition of Malek and Fuad were critical, they said. Sagor Gope, manager of UML, said,“Security guard Nuruzzaman, a local, hit his supervisor Asad at the UML construction site in Shikalbaha over an altercation between the two on Sunday night after the security supervisor extended Nuruzzaman’s duty hours. When Nuruzzaman was questioned about the matter, he left the construction site.
On Monday morning, Nuruzzaman came to the construction site with 20-25 other local men and attacked the staff. They also vandalized the power station” Rafiqual Islam, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station told The Independent, “Some local people attacked the under construction power plant and carried out vandalism following an altercation between a security supervisor and a security guard.” “The injured were admitted to hospital and we have arrested a man named Aslam from the spot,” he added. A dual-fuel combined cycle 225 megawatt power plant is being constructed at Shikalbaha of Patiya Upazila in Chittagong at a cost of Tk1708 crore since 2014. The work is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro India Ltd.

Power station site vandalized, 7 hurt in Ctg

At least seven people were injured as a group of men attacked workers and vandalised an under construction power plant at Shikalbaha under Patiya Upazila of Chittagong yesterday Monday. The injured were identified as Abdul Malek, 35, purchase officer, Fuad Hossain Roman, 28, Safety Engineer, Abdur Rahim Rony, 27, Account Officer, Md Emran, 24, Mechanical Engineer, Welder Rubel, 28, Welder Azad, 38, and Driver Suku Miah, 40. All of them are employees of construction company Union Mercantile Limited (UML), a sub-contractor of main contractor Larsen Toubro India Ltd. The injured were admitted to a private hospital in Chittagong city, said UML sources. Among them, the condition of Malek and Fuad were critical, they said. Sagor Gope, manager of UML, said,Security guard Nuruzzaman, a local, hit his supervisor Asad at the UML construction site in Shikalbaha over an altercation between the two on Sunday night after the security supervisor extended Nuruzzamans duty hours. When Nuruzzaman was questioned about the matter, he left the construction site. On Monday morning, Nuruzzaman came to the construction site with 20-25 other local men and attacked the staff. They also vandalized the power station Rafiqual Islam, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station told The Independent, Some local people attacked the under construction power plant and carried out vandalism following an altercation between a security supervisor and a security guard. The injured were admitted to hospital and we have arrested a man named Aslam from the spot, he added. A dual-fuel combined cycle 225 megawatt power plant is being constructed at Shikalbaha of Patiya Upazila in Chittagong at a cost of Tk1708 crore since 2014. The work is being implemented by Larsen Toubro India Ltd.