CNG filling stations and petrol pump owners in greater Sylhet region on Tuesday night called off an indefinite strike after talks with the government.
President of Sylhet Division CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association Zubair Ahmed Chowdhury said they halted their programme in the four districts after the Sylhet Mayor and district administration promised to consider their demands.
The platform enforced the nonstop strike earlier in the day at Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts protesting extortion by pro-government Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and their attack on a CNG station; and demanding compensation for their damages.
Owner of Surma Autocare CNG Refuelling Station Foyez Ahmed filed a case with the Shah Poran police on Sep 6 against eight people, including the Vice-President of the Sylhet district BCL unit.
The plaintiff alleged that some BCL members had come to his station and demanded money, but when he refused to oblige, the pro-government student front members attacked and vandalised his CNG station on Sep 5.
The CNG Owners Association had given the authorities a 48-hour deadline to nab the assaulters.
The indefinite strike was enforced from Tuesday morning as the deadline had ended on Monday night.
"We'll resort to tougher agitation programmes if the culprits are not nabbed and given exemplary punishment," Chowdhury said earlier.
President of Sylhet Division CNG Filling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association Zubair Ahmed Chowdhury said they halted their programme in the four districts after the Sylhet Mayor and district administration promised to consider their demands.
The platform enforced the nonstop strike earlier in the day at Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts protesting extortion by pro-government Bangladesh Chhatra League activists and their attack on a CNG station; and demanding compensation for their damages.
Owner of Surma Autocare CNG Refuelling Station Foyez Ahmed filed a case with the Shah Poran police on Sep 6 against eight people, including the Vice-President of the Sylhet district BCL unit.
The plaintiff alleged that some BCL members had come to his station and demanded money, but when he refused to oblige, the pro-government student front members attacked and vandalised his CNG station on Sep 5.
The CNG Owners Association had given the authorities a 48-hour deadline to nab the assaulters.
The indefinite strike was enforced from Tuesday morning as the deadline had ended on Monday night.
"We'll resort to tougher agitation programmes if the culprits are not nabbed and given exemplary punishment," Chowdhury said earlier.
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