Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul today found his office locked when he went there to resume his duties.

The Supreme Court on March 5, upheld a High Court verdict that declared his suspension illegal.

The BNP-backed mayor found his office under lock and key after he went to Nagar Bhaban along with his supporters around 10:00am, our Rajshahi correspondent reports from the spot.

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“What do I say? I am not being allowed inside. And even if they open the lock now I will not go in. I will request law enforcers to first thoroughly check the office and only then will I go in,” the correspondent quoted the mayor as saying.

Meanwhile, hundreds of BNP activists have gathered at the City Bhaban demanding for the office to be opened.

Armed law enforcers in large numbers have also been deployed on the spot to avoid any untoward incident, the correspondent said.

Bulbul has been waiting at the office of Chief Executive Officer ABM Sharifuddin when this report was filed at 1:00pm.

“Who locked the office or when this happened, I do not know,” ABM Sharifuddin said.