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| 4-party candidate back to grabbing land in Rangpur |
| 2008-12-28 |
| A four-party alliance parliamentary nominee allegedly re-encroached upon more than 11 acres of recovered public land in Rangpur, immediately after the joint forces had been withdrawn from civilian areas earlier this month. The alleged land grabber is Alhajj Rahim Uddin Vhorosha, chairman of RV Group of Industries also the president of BNP Rangpur district unit, who is running for the Rangpur-4 seat on a four-party ticket. Mohammad Khairuzzaman, union land deputy-assistant officer of Mahiganj, filed a general diary (GD) with the district headquarters police station in this regard on Friday. In the GD, the land official said the government with the assistance of the joint forces had recovered 11.27 acres of public land from the grip of Vhorosha in March last year, but as soon as the forces were withdrawn this month, Rahim Uddin Vhorosha, son of Moniruddin Paikar, of Sarai Haragachh, Kaunia in Rangpur, and his aides re-encroached upon the land. "They already dug 20 to 25 ditches in the land in a bid to build permanent structures," the GD alleges. "We went to the land and ordered them to stop digging, but instead of paying heed to us, they rather threatened us. We had earlier informed the matter to the Kotwali police station," the land official said in the GD. According to the GD, Khaizuzzaman and Deputy-assistant Officer Mohammad Gausul Azam found about 15 to 20 men working on the land, who continued to work even after being told to stop. The higher authorities were informed of the matter, the GD adds saying there is a potential threat of violence erupting, if the administration again goes to the land to refrain Vhorosha's men from consolidating their grab on the public land. "Under the circumstances, we earnestly request you to take necessary steps to protect the public property," Khairuzzaman pleaded with the law enforcers in the diary. When contacted, Vhorosha, however, denied his involvement in the land grab. "I don't know who grabbed the land," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |