প্রকাশ: 08/05/2022
Information and
Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the suspension of a Bangladesh
Railway (BR) ticket examiner (TTE) following the phone call of railway
minister's wife was inappropriate.
However, the minister defended Railway Minister Md Nurul
Islam Sujan and said, "It is true that the railway minister didn't know
the ticketless passengers who claimed to be his so-called relatives".
While speaking at an event at the Centre on Integrated Rural
Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium on Sunday, the
information minister also said that Awami League wants an inclusive election,
citing the discussions of the party's working committee meeting yesterday.
At the time, Hasan Mahmud once again trashed the Reporters
Sans Frontieres' (RSF) report on Bangladesh's declining status on the World
Press Freedom Index as "malicious".
"The report makes no sense as Bangladesh was placed
behind Afghanistan in terms of press freedom," he added.
Meanwhile, the suspension order issued against the travel
ticket examiner (TTE) Shafiqul Islam has been revoked, Railways Minister Md
Nurul Islam Sujan said today.
He made the disclosure to the reporters at Rail Bhaban on
Sunday.
"A show-cause letter will also be sent to Pakshey
divisional commercial officer (DCO)," he added.
The TTE's suspension order came on Friday following his
alleged misbehaviour with and fining three passengers, who were traveling
ticketless and introduced themselves as relatives of the railways minister.
A Prothom Alo report on the incident claimed the TTE was
indeed suspended after a phone call from railway minister's wife.
However, Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan has said that
he is not related to the passengers who were recently fined by a Bangladesh
Railway (BR) ticket examiner (TTE) for travelling ticketless.
"I have no relationship with them. Someone may have
tried to take advantage by using my name," he said while responding to
reporters following the suspension of the TTE on Saturday.
The incident drew widespread criticism and many demanded
resignation of the rail minister.
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