Railway Minister Obaidul Quader slapped a Mahananda Express staffer on Saturday when a passenger complained that he demanded extra money from him at Ishwardi Railway Junction.
The minister was visiting the junction around 10:30am when he heard the complaint about the staffer, Balram Das, in presence of a gathering.
Earlier in the day, he visited the railways' divisional office at Pakshi in Pabna and Chaatmohar Railway Station.
He ordered to transfer and issue show-cause notices to Pakshi Rail Land (Estate) office's Kanungo Amirul Islam and Chaatmohar Station Master Gazi Golam Ferdous for alleged corruption and irregularities.
Later, he told a short press briefing at Ishwardi Junction: "The rail sector has been filled with corruption. A quarter of corrupt officials are suffocating the railways."
"They are looting money by stealing tickets and sleepers, and selling them in black market," he observed.
The Anti-Corruption Commission would be used to stop corruption in the railways, Quader said.
According to him, only 113 of 1,850 acres of Pakshi Railway was being controlled by the authorities. "The grabbed lands will be recovered within a month."
Quader also ordered an investigation into alleged irregularity in the Lalon Shah Bridge toll plaza while going to Pabna.
The minister was visiting the junction around 10:30am when he heard the complaint about the staffer, Balram Das, in presence of a gathering.
Earlier in the day, he visited the railways' divisional office at Pakshi in Pabna and Chaatmohar Railway Station.
He ordered to transfer and issue show-cause notices to Pakshi Rail Land (Estate) office's Kanungo Amirul Islam and Chaatmohar Station Master Gazi Golam Ferdous for alleged corruption and irregularities.
Later, he told a short press briefing at Ishwardi Junction: "The rail sector has been filled with corruption. A quarter of corrupt officials are suffocating the railways."
"They are looting money by stealing tickets and sleepers, and selling them in black market," he observed.
The Anti-Corruption Commission would be used to stop corruption in the railways, Quader said.
According to him, only 113 of 1,850 acres of Pakshi Railway was being controlled by the authorities. "The grabbed lands will be recovered within a month."
Quader also ordered an investigation into alleged irregularity in the Lalon Shah Bridge toll plaza while going to Pabna.
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