Jubo Dal men seize tenders for LGED road construction project in Khulna

Armed Jubo Dal cadres on Thursday stormed into the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) office and expelled 17 contractors waiting to submit tenders for a road construction project, sources alleged.

The LGED had invited tenders for the Tk 2.2 crore project and Thursday was the last day to submit tenders when a group of armed Jubo Dal cadres, reportedly backed by a ruling party lawmaker, approached and ordered the contractors to surrender their tender schedules.

When they refused to do so, the miscreants compelled the contractors to leave the LGED office building at gunpoint. They also snatched the tender schedules and tore those into pieces.

Eyewitnesses said armed cadres of the outlawed PBCP and NBCP of Rupsha and Dumuria upazilas assisted the Jubo Dal cadres in the attack.

LGED Executive Engineer Noor Mohammad said he was not sure about the hooliganism over tender submission but admitted receiving a petition from the 17 general contractors seeking re-tender for the work.