BCL leader illegally occupies vacant railway quarter
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has illegally occupied a vacant quarter at Atiar railway colony in Saidpur town.
On Saturday afternoon, Dil Neoaz Khan, president of Saidpur upazila unit of BCL, accompanied by 14-15 party activists broke open the quarter and took its possession, eyewitnesses said, adding that they could not make any protest fearing reprisal by the pro-ruling party men.
Earlier the railway estate department sealed off the quarter as former railway security force staff Mokbul Hossen, who had lived for long in the quarter as an allottee, handed it over to the authorities after his retirement, colony residents said.
Visiting the area on Monday, this correspondent found that the family of BCL activist Jamil Hossain kept possession of the quarter comprising two spacious rooms, a kitchen and a veranda.
Admitting occupation of the railway quarter, Dil Newaz Khan said, "The quarter has been taken to rehabilitate my close friend Jamil's poor mother, who is also a widow. Their family will live in that house from now."
BCL leader Jamil could not be contacted despite repeated attempts by this correspondent.
When contacted, Ahsan Jabir, assistant executive engineer of the railway estate department in Saidpur, said, "I am aware of the illegal occupation of the railway quarter. Steps will be taken to free it."
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