Criminals yesterday beat up officials of two companies, who went to bid for a tender at Dhaka Power Distribution Company office at Paribagh, and got away with their bid documents.
Sources claimed the incident happened before inactive policemen.
The Dhaka Power Distribution Company authorities cancelled the tender in an emergency meeting while official of Prime Power International, Abul Kashem, filed a general diary with Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the snatching.
Police and sources said yesterday was the last day for biding for the work order worth Tk 65 lakh. The job was to repair and maintain transformers for one year.
Witnesses said when officials of Prime Power International and JHM Consortium reached the tender boxes on the first floor in the afternoon, the criminals snatched the bid documents and beat them up.
Though several policemen were deployed there, the law enforcers remained inactive, they claimed.
When officials of the two companies informed the Dhaka Power Distribution Company authorities, the tender was cancelled.
Sub-Inspector Nasimul Huq, who is investigating the incident, told The Daily Star, “Two criminals ran away with the bid documents soon after Abul Kashem reached the spot.”
“The criminals sped away and police could not catch them or recover the documents,” he said.
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