BANGLADESH

A booking clerk and two security guards of Chittagong Railway Station have been suspended for their involvement in black marketing of tickets.

Station master of Chittagong Railway Station Nazimuddin was also withdrawn following detection of the malpractice.

Hasan Ferdous, Chittagong bureau chief of a private television channel, caught the two security guards red-handed selling tickets at exaggerated prices at the station on Saturday morning and handed them over to railway officials.

Those put under suspension are booking clerk of the station's counter No. 7 Kamrul Monir, habilder of the railway's security department Mezbah and security guard Laltu.

Hasan Ferdous told that he stood in the queue of counter No. 7 for a ticket of Dhaka-bound 'Turna Nishitha' or 'Gadhuli' on Friday night.

He alleged that booking clerk Kamruzzaman informed him that ticket was not available, while habilder Mezbah who stood behind him, got five tickets from the same counter.

He said that later he caught Mezbah and security guard Laltu red-handed.

General manager of Bangladesh Railway (east zone) Yusuf Ali Mridha confirmed the suspensions and withdrawal of the station master.

"Further steps will be taken against them after investigation," he added.