Communications and Railways Minister Obaidul Quader has blamed negligence of the railway officials for the murders of 12 people whose corpses were found beside the rail tracks in Gazipur over the past month.
The minister visited Mirer Gaon area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Saturday following a report published by bdnews24.com on Thursday that five corpses were found in the last seven days and 12 in a month in the 1.5 kilometre area.
Though any motives behind the deaths are yet to be found, local residents believed incidents of hijacking were allegedly linked with the deaths.
Obaidul Quader blamed rail officials for their negligence over retrieval of the corpses. "What they do sitting there is corruption."
At one point, the visibly irate minister called a railway official over mobile phone and said, "You are celebrating Eid at the office! People are dying here, and you don't have any initiative?"
He ordered the officials to investigate the incidents while saying allegations of link between the hijacking racket and railway staff would also be looked into.
The Railways Minister also said a police check post would be set up in that area.
Quader also suggested Tangail and Gazipur district administrations to take immediate measures.
While on his way back to Dhaka, the minister was annoyed after seeing kitchen markets and temporary shops set up beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh road in Gazipur. He ordered the police to evict those.
The minister visited Mirer Gaon area under Sadar Upazila of the district on Saturday following a report published by bdnews24.com on Thursday that five corpses were found in the last seven days and 12 in a month in the 1.5 kilometre area.
Though any motives behind the deaths are yet to be found, local residents believed incidents of hijacking were allegedly linked with the deaths.
Obaidul Quader blamed rail officials for their negligence over retrieval of the corpses. "What they do sitting there is corruption."
At one point, the visibly irate minister called a railway official over mobile phone and said, "You are celebrating Eid at the office! People are dying here, and you don't have any initiative?"
He ordered the officials to investigate the incidents while saying allegations of link between the hijacking racket and railway staff would also be looked into.
The Railways Minister also said a police check post would be set up in that area.
Quader also suggested Tangail and Gazipur district administrations to take immediate measures.
While on his way back to Dhaka, the minister was annoyed after seeing kitchen markets and temporary shops set up beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh road in Gazipur. He ordered the police to evict those.
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