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Motive to Grab Land

60 indigenous families living in fear of attacks

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Dinajpur
At least 60 Santal families at Khalippur Adivasipara village in the district's Nawabganj upazila are living in fear of attacks and have almost stopped going outside their village.
A gang of criminals on May 9 tortured four people of the community, hanging them from a tree. They were critically injured.
The victims are Som Soren, Babulal Soren, Sonaram Tudu and Bablu Soren. Of them, Babulal and Sonaram have been undergoing treatment at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital.
The victims alleged that a motive of grabbing their cultivable land is the reason behind the attack.
Locals said a gang led by Mahbubur Rahman, an influential man of Kazipara village, swooped on the four people when they were loading their paddy harvest onto a tractor-trailer in the village and beat them up.
The attackers also hung the four from a banyan tree and tortured them inhumanly, said Som Soren, one of the victims.
Their hands, legs and other parts of
the body were badly injured. They lost consciousness, said another victim, Sonaram Tudu.
Sonaram filed a case with Nawabganj Police Station on May 14, accusing eight people, including Mahbubur, of the crime.
The victims alleged that Rafiqul Islam, another accused in the case, had threatened them with dire consequences for filing the case.
During a visit to Khalippur Adivasipara on Thursday, this correspondent found the indigenous people living in fear. Nobody dared to say anything about the attack.
Injured Bablu, who is the lone bread earner of his family, cannot walk without his father's support.
"Bablu cannot move without me as both his legs have been fractured," said Mongal Soren, father of Bablu.
Meanwhile, villagers are patrolling the village to prevent any attack.
"How long can we do this?" questioned Nirata Tudu, wife of Som Soren.
Amirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Nawabganj Police Station, said police had arrested Mahbubur.
They are trying to nab the other accused, he added.