Freedom fighter alleges occupation of his land

A freedom fighter at a press conference at Tangail Press Club yesterday alleged that the local administration occupied his land for a government project in Madhupur upazila under the district.

"Several officials including the then upazila nirbahi officer [UNO], assistant commissioner (Land), and nayeb in Madhupur in August 2015 started building a structure on 44 decimals of land recorded in my name at Tengri mouja in the upazila," freedom fighter Habibur Rahman said, reading out a written statement at the conference.

"They claimed it to be a government khas land and said the work was being done under "One House One Farm" project. As I asked them not to build the structure, they filed a case against me, alleging creating obstacle to government work. They also stopped taking revenue of the land and harassed me by sending police to my house on several occasions," he said.

"As the government officials continued with building the structure on my land, I filed a case with the Joint District Judge's Court in Tangail. The court first issued a show cause notice to them and later issued a temporary injunction.

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"But they continued the construction work violating the court order.  

"Recently I contacted with the deputy commissioner in Tangail and as per his direction, I submitted all documents of my land to the UNO on March 3 but I am yet to get any result," the freedom fighter said.

Contacted, Madhupur UNO Romendra Nath Biswas yesterday said, "After getting direction from the deputy commissioner, I have asked the local assistant commissioner of land and the surveyor of the local land office to submit their documents. Meanwhile the freedom fighter submitted some documents to me in favour of his claim."

The issue will be resolved as per law after checking all the documents of both sides, he said.