Government land grabbed
A local leader of Bangladesh Krishak League allegedly grabbed 13 acres of government land at Kachuarabda village in Habiganj’s Baniachong upazila.
On Thursday, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Matiur Rahman Khan visited the spot and asked Habiganj Krishak League President Humayun Kabir Reza to remove his all illegal structures on the land within three days but the latter is yet to remove any structures.
The assistant commissioner (AC) took the step after one Jyotirmay Das, on behalf of local landless families in the village, filed a written complaint to the land minister on November 27.
Habiganj district administration leased out 13 acres of government land to local landless people in the area in 1988.
In 2010, a fierce clash took place between the landless people and the men of Kabir, also the former chairman of local union parishad, over grabbing of the land.
“Since then, the Krishak League leader continued threatening us to leave the land,” said Jyotirmay Das, adding that Kabir built several illegal structures on the land.
Contacted, the Krishak League leader said “A orphanage and a madrasa were built on the land in public interest. I did not occupy any government land.”
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mamun Khandaker said without genuine leaseholders, no one can build any structures on government land.
There is no scope of transfering the leased land to someone else, said the UNO.
The AC (land) said the government did not lease out the land to the Krishak League leader.
They will soon conduct an eviction drive to demolish the illegal structures on the government land, said AC Matiur Rahman.
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