Earlier, 65 families were evicted from the lands since the drive began on Wednesday. All the victims are now under the open sky.

The authorities say they have a plan for a rehabilitation project for the landless on the lands but could not give details when asked by newsmen.

Allegations have it that the poor landless people were evicted by an influential quarter to grab the lands.

A group of newsmen went to the village on Friday but they were harassed by some people, alleged to be musclemen of local BNP leader and Mostafapur Union Parishad Chairman.

The evicted people told the newsmen that they had been living on the lands for about 40 years. They were evicted without any prior notice by the administration or the UP chairman.

On Wednesday, about 150 people allegedly led by the UP chairman swooped on the area. They evicted 65 families, saying that a rehabilitation project for landless people will be built there. A magistrate and some policemen were present during the eviction on Wednesday, the victims said. But no official was present during the eviction on Friday and Saturday, they told a group of newsmen who visited the area again yesterday.

They said they were earlier threatened by musclemen of the UP chairman to leave the place.

When contacted, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner had said on Friday that he asked Parbatipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Saharifuddin Ahmed to visit the spot. He had said that there was a plan for a rehabilitation project on the lands but did not detail the plan.

But the victims said yesterday that neither the UNO not any government official visited them till Saturday evening.

On contact over phone, the UP chairman Shamsuddin Mondol said, "This Abashan (rehabilitation) project is being built as per a government plan."