So-called landless people occupy AL man's land
Criminals claiming themselves as landless people have set up small thatched huts on the land of Dhaka-New York Agrofisheries at Subarnachar in Noakhali to grab the land owned by Khondaker Ruhul Amin.Photo: STAR
So-called landless people grabbed 250 acres of land belonging to a member of Noakhali district Awami League in Subarnachar upazila on Tuesday night. Landowner Khandker Ruhul Amin alleged that a gang of criminals led by Mohammadpur Union Parishad members Noor Alam and Khurshid Hazari occupied his fisheries and dairy farm named "Dhaka-New York Agro Firsheries" on 250 acres of land on Char Luxmi and Char Bayezid at dead of night. The grabbers, identifying themselves as landless, also built small thatched houses on most of the land of the project, he said. Amin claimed that he leased the land from the deputy commissioner and set up the fisheries and dairy farm on it. “A local influential person had earlier demanded a huge amount of money and 100 acres of the project land from me. As I refused to comply with his demands, the criminals on his instructions grabbed my land,” he told local journalists yesterday. Amin said he has already informed the police superintendent and the officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station of the matter. Project Manager Abdul Haque and employees Siraj and Noor Hossain, beaten up by the criminals, were admitted to Noakahli General Hospital. Noor Hossain was yesterday shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated. UP member Khurshed Hazari could not be contacted despite several attempts over cellphone.
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