An aerial view of Bihari Camp in Mohammadpur Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneOn October 5, the Biharis – former Pakistan citizens who were stranded after the 1971 Liberation War – clashed with the policeLife at Dhaka’s “Bihari Camp” is far from idyllic. According to local Biharis [the colloquial term for the stranded Pakistanis, who originally migrated to East Pakistan after the 1947 Partition], the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) disconnected illegal power lines to a nearby market called Camp Bazaar. Several of them alleged the local ward councillor, Habibur Rahman Mizan, of profiting from the businesses at the Camp Bazaar through the power lines. They cannot expect to have free power lines,” the councillor said. The Bihari definition of citizenshipThe Bihari Camp’s electricity bills used to be covered by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2019 18:22 UTC