Mob assaults UNO for assaulting elderly person
An angry mob assaulted the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Bagmara in Rajshahi as the UNO misbehaved with an elderly person during a drive to evict illegal traders at a local bazaar yesterday.
The UNO, AKM Maruf Hasan, accompanied by six policemen and 20 Rab members, went to conduct the eviction drive at around 11:00am, said witnesses and law enforcers.
An hour later when there was a quarrel over functioning of the hat, the UNO slapped Mojibur Rahman, 65, a farmer, also maternal uncle of local lawmaker Enamul Haque. The officer also kicked a youth and ordered arrest of the two persons.
Terming the matter unfair, locals carrying sticks encircled the UNO and beat him up.
Police and Rab men rescued the UNO from the angry mob.
"I am preparing to file a case against the attackers on charge of creating obstacle to performance of government duty and assaulting me," the UNO told this correspondent.
He said the eviction drive was conducted following complaints by Amzad Hossain, the leaseholder of Shikdari Haat.
The haat (village market) normally functions on Saturdays and Tuesdays but the cow traders of Bagmara upazila started business there on Thursdays from April 29 without any permission, said locals and police.
The cow traders from Ahsanganj cattle market in neighbouring Atrai upazila also shifted there following harassment by extortionists and criminals, they said.
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