Land grabbers force 2 Hindu families out of home
Twelve people belonging to two Hindu families of Alipur village in Kalapara upazila under the district had to leave their houses following threat from alleged land grabbers who also kidnapped the head of one of the families on December 8.
Members of the victim families, who are staying in Kalapara upazila town for the last three days, met the deputy commissioner (DC) of Patuakhali at his office on Sunday noon and submitted a complaint over the matter.
"My father Jitendra Nath Bepari bought 3.53 acres of land of Latachaplee mouja at Alipur village from Rakhain people and later he sold 2.82 acres of land to some Abdul Mannan Khan. Now I and my brother Jotindra Nath Beparee own the remaining 71 decimals of land," goes the complaint signed by Jagodish Chandra Bepari.
"But a section of local influential people led by Eusuf Musulli wanted to grab the land. As they threatened us to leave the land, I filed a civil suit with Patuakhali Joint District Judge's Court on November 25 accusing six people including Eusuf Musulli and the court summoned the accused," says the complaint submitted by Jogodish's son Dijendra Nath Bepari on behalf of his father.
"After knowing about the case, they gave us death threat on December 2 and I filed a GD with Kalapara Police Station in this regard. It made them angrier still. At about 10:30pm on December 8, one of the accused called Jotindra Nath and since then he has remained missing."
"We went to Kalapara Police Station to file an abduction case but the OC declined to receive it. We had to leave our houses as the accused gave threat continuously," Dijendra said.
Contacted, Eusuf Musulli said, "We bought land from the father of Jogodish and Jitendra and their complaint is false. We didn't threaten them. I don't know who kidnapped Jitendra."
Mohammad Azizur Rahman, OC of Kalapara Police Station, said, "Jogodish and his family members came to me and orally made the complaint. I suggested them to file a complaint in written but they did not come later."
Patuakhali DC Amitav Sarker said after receiving the complaint, he has asked the upazila nirbahi officer of Kalapara to take immediate lawful step after proper investigation on the matter.
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