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Ownership Dispute

Cops guarding tea garden

4 arrested after shootout

Our Correspondent, Mouivibazar
Four people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of their involvement in the Friday's attack on a Mouivibazar tea estate.
They were identified as Yousuf Miah, 24, Rasel Miah, 22, Akoi Miah, 35, and Sultan Miah, 40, all hailing from different villages of Kamalganj upazila of the district.
A three-member committee was also formed last night to probe the incident, said Mouivibazar Superintendent of Police (SP) Harunur Rashid.
Following two deaths in the clash between two groups at Nandarani Tea Garden in Kamalganj, local administration imposed section-144 (a ban on gathering) for an indefiniteperiod.
Some locals and tea garden workers said a section of Kamalganj Awami League leaders had been behind the armed attack on tea garden staff, aiming to forcefully take over the garden.
South Asian International Limited, the company that has been enjoying the ownership of the garden since 1999 through a power of attorney, came under attack allegedly by people of Sadat Rahim Chowdhury, who claimed to have leased the garden last year from Anika,
daughter of actual owner Nirmol Chowdhury. Nirmol’s wife Shukla Chowdhury had leased the garden to South Asian International Limited.
The garden's general manager, Zohir Ahmed Chowdhury, declined to say whether the attackers belonged to any political party. He said Sadat's hired menhadmadethe attack.
Sadat could not be contacted over the phone for his comments.
Siddik Ali, joint secretary of Kamalganj upazila AL unit, denied local AL men's involvement in the attack. He said the clash had been
between two groups over the ownership of the garden.
Amulya Kumar Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Kamalganj Police Station, told The Daily Star that no case was filed in this connection by last evening while the garden's General Manager Zohir said filing of a case was underway.
Zohir, however, said they had filed a general diary asking for police protection and accordingly a contingent of 27 policemen was deployed in the garden on Friday. But several hundred people swooped on the garden staff that day, and law enforcers could not tackle
the situation.
Bijoy Banerjee, convener of Bangladesh Tea Labour Union and chairman of Rajghat Union Parishad of Srimongal upazila, said he on Saturday visited the labour lines (residential area of the tea labourers).
He said there were 300 labourers in the garden and all of them were safe.
Mokbul Hussain, deputy inspector general of police, Sylhet range, also visited Nandarani Tea Garden yesterday.
Moulvibazar SP Harunur Rashid said police were still on duty in the area to keep the situation under control.