PA to a state minister allegedly occupies 11 acres of 4 people
Rashed Kaiser Sajol, personal assistant to a state minister, puts up a signboard on the land allegedly grabbed by him in Kuakata area under Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, below, locals, including the land owners, form a human chain on Friday protesting grabbing of the land. Photo: STAR
A personal assistant (PA) to a state minister has allegedly occupied 10.96 acres of land in Kuakata area under Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali district. Land owners Ayub Ali Sikder, Ashraf Ali Sikder, Abdul Mannan Howlader and Mokbul Howlader of Panjupara area yesterday told this correspondent that Rashed Kaiser Sajol with the help of local BCL men erected fences around our 10.96 acres of land, put up a signboard there a week before Eid-ul Fitr and cultivated the land with tractors on August 30. They alleged that a gang led by Sohag Molla, a leader of BCL of Kalapara upazila unit, attacked the house of Mannan Howlader, one of the land owners, on September 1 and looted gold ornaments and other valuables from the house. Over 100 local people, including the land owners formed a human chain on the land on Friday protesting capture of 10.96 acres of land allegedly by Sajol and attack on the house of Mannan Howlader. “I did not file complaint to the law enforcers as Sajol and his men are threatening me and my family members of dire consequences,” Mannan Hawlader said. Ashraf Ali Sikder, another owner of the land, said Sajol got a decree from the Sessions Judge's Court by submitting false documents on the land. “We challenged the court order in the High Court that (HC) ordered status quo on the land for six months on May 25 this year,” Ashraf said, adding that Sajol grabbed the land and put up a signboard there, ignoring the order of the High Court. Sub-Inspector Moniruzzaman, in-charge of Kuakata police camp, told this correspondent that he visited the spot and informed the officer-in-charge of Kalapara Police Station and the superintendent of police of the matter. Contacted, Rashed Kaiser Sajol said he bought the land from its legal owners and took its possession lawfully. "I gave all documents of the land to Kalapara OC Ishaq Ali who asked me to take possession of the land", Sajol said. Denying Sajol's statement, the OC said he didn't ask anyone to take possession of the land. “Sajol gave me some papers, claiming the ownership of the land and requested me to go through those papers,” he said. The OC further said no complaint regarding forcible occupation of the land and attack on Mannan Howlader's house was filed with the police station as of yesterday. “If any complaint is filed on the two issues, we will take lawful action, the OC added.
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