Cops' noble initiative
After getting back her homestead, 80-year-old widow Saabjan Bibi will also have a new house, thanks to the initiative of the district police administration.
Saabjan's homestead at Tangongati village in Ishwarganj upazila of the district was grabbed by a few neighbours after her husband's death 45 years ago.
Saabjan, a mother of four children, got back 2.35 acres of land through a court order in 2017. She made four rooms on the land in January this year and started staying there with her two daughters.
But the influential quarter looted and demolished the rooms on the night of April 12.
As Saabjan sought help from Mymensingh Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Nurul Islam, he ordered immediate action and local police helped Saabjan to return to her land on Monday.
The SP arranged building a house for the woman and the work began yesterday, said Sub-inspector Tofazzal Hossain, who is monitoring the construction work.
Saabjan lodged a case against 13 people and police arrested one of the attackers Jewel Mia on Monday.
“The criminals will be brought to book and the woman will get security,” the SP said after inspecting construction work of the house in the afternoon.
Ishwarganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Elish Sharmin visited the spot yesterday and gave Saabjan Tk 10,000 from the upazila administration.
“The woman will get elderly allowance. We will also provide her a solar system, three bundles of corrugated iron sheet and a tube-well,” said the UNO.
Saabjan expressed gratitude to all concerned for helping her during the crisis.
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