Freeze eight accounts of Khokon, family
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DSCC in a drive demolishing illegal shops at Fulbaria Supermarket-2 on December 8. Photo: Amran Hossain
DRIVE AGAINST ILLEGAL SHOPS
Amid such a situation, DSCC recently started a drive against shops, which were built violating the main design of the supermarkets.
The city corporation on December 8 and December 17 demolished several hundred illegal shops at Fulbaria Supermarket-2 and Sundarban Square Market in Gulistan.
Contacted, Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said they will continue their drive and demolish all the illegal shops from the DSCC markets gradually.
Traders and shop owners, however, protested the DSCC move, saying that they have documents from the city corporation to operate the shops.
Ex-DSCC mayor Khokon sued for embezzlement
Sayeed Khokon. File photo Court Correspondent Court Correspondent
Dhaka South City Corporation former mayor Sayeed Khokon and six others have been sued on charges of embezzlement of Tk 34.89 crore.
Delwar Hossain, president of Traders-Owners Association of Fulbaria City Supermarket-2 in the capital s Gulistan, filed the case with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam yesterday, Atiqur Rahman, bench assistant of the court, told The Daily Star.
The six other accused are: Yusuf Ali Sardar, former chief revenue officer of the city corporation, Md Mazed, former deputy assistant engineer of the city corporation, and their assistants Kamrul Hasan, Helena Akter, Atiqur Rahman Swapan and Md Walid.