Traders beat up mobile court chief in Sherpur
Around 200 local traders of Nalitabari upazila beat up the assistant commissioner (AC-land) of the upazila in Gorkanda area of the town yesterday morning.
The agitated businessmen also damaged the jeep carrying AC land Md Shahinur Alam during the attack and besieged the UNO office at around 10:15 am.
Police said on Sunday, AC (Land) Shahinur conducted a drive at Dakkhin Bazaar of the upazila and fined a few businessmen for using wooden scale instead of prescribed scale.
Yesterday morning, the AC land again went to the bazaar and found that the businessmen were using the wooden scale defying the order of the mobile court.
Later, around 200 traders intercepted the jeep of the land official in Gorkanda area of the town as he arrested a businessman identified as Aminul Islam.
The businessmen beat up the land official and damaged his jeep.
Local people rescued him from the clutches of the angry businessmen and took him to the UNO office.
Later, the businessmen also besieged the UNO office and demanded removal of the land official within 24 hours.
On information, Nalitabari upazila chairman Badiuzzaman Badsha and municipal mayor rushed to the spot and quelled the situation assuring the businessmen of looking into the matter.
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