Human chain demands arrest of land grabber
Landless people of Purbodolijor village in Mogolhat union under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila form a human chain in front of the office of Lalmonirhat superintendent of police yesterday demanding arrest and punishment of an alleged grabber of khas land at the village. Photo: STAR
Hundreds of landless people yesterday formed a human chain at Purbodoljor village under Mogolhat union in Sadar upazila demanding immediate arrest of an alleged land grabber and his henchmen. They also held a rally in front of the office of the superintendent of police (SP) of Lalmonirhat. Speakers said that they have been living on government khas lands at Purbodoljor and Banvasa villages for a long time. But Nuruzzaman Haque, an identified land grabber of Banvasa area in the district town, in connivance with some ruling party men have been grabbing their lands by producing 'false' documents and demolishing their homes by force, they alleged. They further said that they had already lodged complaints against the notorious land grabber and his henchmen to the deputy commissioner (DC), SP, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and local public representatives several times but to no effect. Terming Nuruzzaman a local influential, they said, he used to grab lands with the help of 14-15 henchmen. If anyone disagreed to their proposal to leave khas lands, they tortured them both both mentally and physically. Not only that, they also harassed them by lodging false cases against them, the landless alleged. They also threatened to launch a tougher agitation if the district administration fails to take necessary action against the culprits without further delay. Contacted, Nuruzzaman denied the allegations brought against them saying he had purchased a few lands from genuine land owners but some landless people are giving false statements against him with the help of local criminals.
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