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Securitymen retaliate attack in Narayanganj

Villagers beaten up, houses ransacked

From Our Correspondent
NARYANGANJ. Feb 5: A number of people were injured when security personnel conducted raids at Char Sayedpur. a village under Sadar thana, in alleged retaliation for the assault on some colleagues.
Local people alleged that the securitymen went into action in Uttarpara. Madya-para and Purbapara of Char Syedpur and ransacked houses and beat up people.
Three people were reportedly picked up by them.
The security personnel allegedly retaliated after three of their colleagues were beaten up by the villagers on Saturday during an arms recovery mission. The villagers reportedly mistook the plainclothmen as miscreants.
When contacted, civil and police administration said they were not aware of any such incident.
The DC. Nazrul Islam, when contacted by The DailyStar yesterday, said he was not aware of the Char Syed-Rur incidents. The OC. arayanganj thana. Nurul'
Alam, was also unaware of the incidents.
However, an official of the Narayanganj thana, on condition of anonymity, admitted that he came to know about the incidents.
When contacted, two officials of the army brigade headquarters in Narayanganj. advised this correspondent to contact the ISPR In Dhaka But no statement from the ISPR was available till Monday night.
During visits io the Char Syedpur village today, a group of newsmen, including this correspondent, found the entire village wore a deserted look as most of the panic-stricken villagers ■ left their , homes'for unknown destinations. Only a few Old men and women were found guarding their ransacked homes.
■ The Daily Star correspondent also talked to a cross-section of the villagers who narrated the stormy operation by the security forces.
According to the villagers; as part of the arms recovery drive, a security team in plainclothes raided the house of one Amanullah alias Gedu Mia in 'the village to nab a suspected terrorist at around 3:30 pm on Saturday.
They' alleged that the securitymen beat up some vH-lagers and. at one stage, some security personnel were manhandled.
The villagers alleged that in the early hours of Sunday the securitymen came ,in a convoy of 23 vehicles stormed Char’ Syedpur and conducted raids for five hours from 3.30 am. During the early morning swoop, viP
lagers alleged, the security personnel ransacked at least 40 houses, beat up the Inmates and damaged house holds.
The . villagers further alleged that Hie securitymen went for raiding the houses in the village indiscriminately. During the raids, they rounded up about 100 youths and put them in a queue for interrogation at the local ferry ghat.
However, all the youths, except three, were later re-’ leased. The three — Abdur Rahim. 30. Yusuf All. 18 and hnamul Haq. 32 — were reportedly picked up.
Talking to this correspondent. Mansu^ All Mat abba r said his son Yusuf Ali was beaten up and later taken a why by the securttymen. "Narayanganj police did not take my complaint and I could not know the whereabouts of my son." added Matabbar.
Rashida Begum alleged that her husband. Abdur Rahim, was taken to an unknown destination after being seriously manhandled. "But I don’t know the reason why my husband was taken away".
Farida Begum, a field worker of the family planning department, alleged that two of her sons — Faiz Hossain and Monir Hossain — were beaten up indiscriminately without any reason.
She said the villagers did not have any objection fo ndbbing the criminals, but asked why innocent people should be victimised.
Ismail Hossain, a homeopath. said he was afraid of opening his chamber in the village due to the unusual sit-* uation now prevailing in the area.