32 makeshift flower shops demolished at Shahbagh
Staff Correspondent
Police yesterday in a drive demolished 32 makeshift flower shops at city's Shahbagh intersection and arrested two vendors in this connection.The arrestees were identified as Shahjahan and Kalu. The flowers and baskets of the vendors were also seized while a number of them were severally beaten, witnesses said. "Police came at about 10:00am and seized all my flowers worth Tk 3,000," Raju, a flower vendor, told The Daily Star. The vendors alleged that their business is going at a low ebb and they have to incur financial loss due to the drives. Police have been conducting the eviction drives for the last three months, they added.
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