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Qazi Faruque Ahmed, the ousted chairman of Proshika, came back after a long hibernation and forcibly took control of the organisation’s head office Sunday morning.
A former director of Proshika who is loyal to Qazi Faruque, Nargis Jahan Banu, however told that they have returned as a section of Proshika staff negotiated with them bringing allegation of irregularities against the incumbent management.
“We return with the consents and full support of the government and the administration,” she said.
On the other hand, Chief Executive Officer of Proshika Mahbubul Karim said Qazi Faruque has illegally taken control of Proshika with the help of a section of employees and a number of outsiders.
According to a High Court order, Qazi Faruque is still a former chairman of Proshika who has been asked to visit the organisation alone to meet the present chairman and the CEO, Mahbubul Karim said.
Qazi Faruque very cunningly intruded into the building before any staff came to the office and took possession, he said.
Md Alauddin, senior account coordinator of Proshika, told the Daily Star that Qazi Faruque along with his people entered the Proshika Bhaban at the city's Mirpur-6 around 8:00am.
One of his colleagues called Alauddin over phone at 8:20am and informed that Qazi Faruque has taken possession of the office in this morning, he said.
His colleague asked him not to go to the office as Qazi Faruque in the morning drove out many of the employees, particularly those who waged movement against him in 2009, Alauddin said quoting his colleague.
Qazi Faruque also barred the general staff from entering the office, Alauddin claimed.
“We don’t know actually what is happening,” the senior account coordinator said.
While talking to the reporter, the CEO on Sunday refuted the claim that Proshika staff negotiated with Qazi Faruque to bring him back and said, “Negotiation between them is just a propaganda war.”
After the management ousted Qazi Faruque, the NGO efficiently have been running its business for the last three years and salvaged the organisation, which was on the verge of collapse because of Qazi Faruque’s massive politicisation, irregularities and nepotism, the CEO said.
After the governing body removed founding chairman Qazi Faruque Ahmed in May 2009, Faruque appealed to a lower court seeking both instant and permanent injunctions on the governing body’s decision.
He went to the Dhaka District Judge’s Court when the lower court refused to issue the instant injunction. But the District Judge’s Court upheld the lower court order.
When he appealed to the HC, the court passed the order upon Qazi Faruque that he could visit the organisation alone only to meet the present chairman and the CEO instead of issuing any instant injunction on the governing body’s decision.
Decision on the appeal for the permanent injunction remains pending at a lower court.
When asked about the appeal, former director Nargis Jahan said on Sunday that the process of legal battle would take long to end, it is not possible for us to wait until then.”
She further said, “Rapid Action Battalion and police and other law enforcement agencies are aware of our return to Proshika.”
Qazi Faruque will hold a press conference at Proshika Bhaban in the afternoon.
After the founding chairman of Proshika was ousted in 2009, Qazi Faruque and his people on January 11, 2010 drove out the anti-Faruque group from the head office and took control of the building.
Police took control of Proshika Bhaban on January 12, after driving out around 25 supporters of Faruque who had taken over the building by force despite a High Court order allowing Faruque only to enter the building alone to meet the present chairman and the chief executive officer.
Mahbubul Karim filed a writ petition seeking HC’s direction upon the police to hand over the keys to him.
On January 22, 2010, Mirpur police handed over the keys of Proshika Bhaban to Mahbubul Karim, after being directed by the High Court.
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