Filling stations in Sylhet go on strike

All petrol pumps and CNG filling stations in Sylhet division have gone an indefinite strike in protest against the attack on a CNG filling station in the city.

Bangladesh CNG Filling Station Owners Association’s Sylhet chapter President Md. Jubair Ahmed said more than 150 petrol pumps and CNG filling stations in the entire division have stopped services from Tuesday morning.

The strike has been enforced in protest against the attack on and looting of a CNG re-fuelling station at South Surma, in Sylhet, said Jubair Ahmed.

He said an altercation had started between Nazir Mia, head of a microbus owners’ platform at the city’s Naiorpul, and the filling station staff when Mia tried jump the queue to fill his car.

“Later, Nazir Mia’s associates attacked the South Surman CNG and Petroleum Filling Station. They vandalised it and looted cash register,” he said.

He also claimed that the attack was carried out at the behest of Sylhet District Transport Workers’ Union President Salim Ahmed Falik.

Police advised not to level charges against Falik while filing a complaint, he said adding, “The strike will continue until the attackers are arrested.”