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Land dispute: Armed gang creates terror at Rupshi

By Staff Correspondent
More than five hundred men. some armed with cut-rifles. machettes. sticks and spears, created terror on two plots of land at Rupshi under Rupgani thana of Narayanganj district for more than one and a half hours yesterday over a land dispute involving the family of late Zahurul Islam
The men who arrived at the site In four large mechanised boats at around 4 pm destroyed
two makeshift houses, tore down wire fences and signboards. and demolished a brick wall on one of the plots.
Villagers said the men fired at least twelve shots as they left the place in the same boats through the Sitalakhya river. No policemen visited the spot even two hours after the Incident
Sources in Zahurul Islam's family said the two plots, one
measuring five bighas and the other 50 bighas. were sold by the daughters of the late con struction tycoon without the consent of his only son Manzurul Islam. The new owner, MA Rouf Chowdhury, Is the maternal uncle of Manzurul Islam and his sisters. He owns an Industry near the disputed plots
M A Rouf said he had bought the plots about three months ago and put up signboards "around the plots. "I fifed a general diary with the RupganJ thana on Friday when rumours were rife that mastaans were planning to attack us." Rouf said when asked what prompted him to file the GD. He added that the disputed plots were still under his possession although he was receiving threats from different quarters.
When contacted Manjurul Islam said. "I have sent the men to recover my property which was illegally occupied on Friday." Manzurul denied sending any armed men and said, "My sisters have no right to sell that land, 1 have all the proof to prove that it was my land," he said.
He added that the matter was being settled through court. "They should have told the court or talked to my lawyers before doing such an illegal sale." he saicf
RupganJ thana police tactfully kept away from the scene. Local people said the Officer-ln-Charge Md Nurul Islam visited the area fifteen minutes before the incident. None from the thana, three miles away from the spot across the river Sitalakhya, turned up although people informed it about the attack. The thana, in the presence of this correspondent, at first refused to accept the First Information Report (FIR) filed by representatives of Rouf.
OC Nurul Islam denied having any information about the incident and said since he had just learnt about it. he would deploy some policemen there.
At about nine pm, two armed policemen were seen in the area.