Accused held over using bamboo in Chuadanga building

By Star Online Report
6 May 2016, 08:45 AM
UPDATED 6 May 2016, 16:20 PM
Rapid Action Battalion members have detained the prime accused in a case filed over substituting bamboo sticks for iron rods in the construction of a government-funded biological research centre in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

Rapid Action Battalion members have detained the prime accused in a case filed over substituting bamboo sticks for iron rods in the construction of a government-funded biological research centre in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

Moni Shing, managing director of Joy Construction Ltd of Dhaka, was arrested from Pallabi area of the capital last night, Major Md Abu Sayed Khan, deputy director of Rab-4, told The Daily Star.

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Joy Construction Ltd was constructing the two-storey building under the supervision of the Engineering Construction Ltd.

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Bamboo sticks are being used as alternative of iron rod in the construction of a government-funded building in Chuadanga district. Star file photo
Merina Zebunnahar, acting project official and also senior monitoring and evaluation officer of the DAE in Dhaka, filed the case with Damurhuda Model Police Station on April 11.