Grabbers feast on govt primary school
Local Jubo League men construct clubhouse grabbing a portion of the school land
Occupying a portion of Andulia Government Primary School’s land in Jashore Sadar upazila, local Jubo League men allegedly constructed a clubhouse.
On Friday, they started construction of the clubhouse grabbing 1.5 decimals of land of the school playground at Andulia village and completed it yesterday amid widespread protests from local people.
Grabbing the school land, Rafiqul Islam and Al Amin, activists of Narendrapur union unit of Jubo League, built the house, said Babul Akhter Babur, a member of the school managing committee.
The two hail from Narendrapur village in the upazila, he said.
According to multiple sources, Rafiqul and Al Amin introduced themselves as the leaders of the newly formed ward Jubo League.
Headteacher Hazrat Ali said the school was established on 80 decimals of land in 1969. Some locals donated the school land.
When they tried to resist the land grabbers, they received threat from them, said the headteacher.
Despite repeated attempts, this correspondent could not reach the two Jubo League men for their comments on the issue as they did not receive the phone calls.
Md Sumon, officer-in-charge (OC) of Jashore Kotwali Police Station, said they are yet to receive any complaint in this regard.
Immediate action will be taken against the miscreants after getting the complaint, said the OC.