15 indigenous families flee after attack by criminals
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
At least 15 indigenous families of Hatathpara village in Mohonpur upazila fled their homes, after a gang of local criminals attacked them and demolished a house Saturday morning.The victims did not inform police fearing further attacks, sources said. The upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) asked police and the local UP chairman to look into the matter after Dulal Murmu, a leader of the indigenous people, narrated the incident to him. According to sources, the trouble started when one Anwar beat up Parimal, a member of an indigenous community at Hatathpara village, for feeding his cow with grass from another man's crop-field. Parimal's companions charged Anwar for beating him. Anwar left the place but came back with a large group of people armed with lethal weapons and iron rods. They swooped on the indigenous villagers and damaged the house of one Shasti. The members of some 15 families left the village and did not return till the filing of this report yesterday evening. Dulal Murmu told newsmen that he complained to the UNO who asked Mohonpur police and the local UP chairman to take necessary actions in this regard. The UNO could not be contacted immediately. But Sub-Inspector Sanaullah of Mohonpur Police Station said they did not know anything about the incident.
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