Hundreds of landless people who were evicted from government 'khas' shoal lands of the silted Jamuna on April 11 laid a seize to Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer's (UNO) office on Sunday.

They were pressing for realisation of their three- point demands. They also handed over a memorandum to the UNO.

Earlier, they brought out a procession which paraded the main streets of the upazila headquarters. A rally in front of the UNO office followed the procession.

The rally, presided over by Ashrafuzzaman.

The demands include rehabilitation of evicted landless people on the 'khas' land where they had been living for the last 40 years, distribution of 'khas' land to landless people once for all, cancellation of illegal lease, compensation to suffering people and withdrawal of cases against landless people.