Ruling party men occupy Kuakata JP leader's land

Ruling party men, led by Jubo League Kuakata municipality unit chief Sagor Molla, illegally occupied a land owned by local Jatiya Party (JP) leader Anwar Hossain Howlader yesterday.
Anwar, president of JP Kuakata municipality unit, bought over one acre of land at Kuakata in 1970 and since than he has been living in a tin-shed house on the land.
One Nurul Islam filed a case with Kalapara Judge's Court in 2009, claiming the ownership of the land, but the court dismissed the case. Later, Nurul Islam filed an appeal with the district Judge's Court, which also rejected his claim and issued a decree in this regard.
As Nurul Islam again made an appeal to the court, seeking stay on the decree, the court sent a commission led by an advocate. After examining all documents relating to the land, the commission submitted a report to the court on behalf of Anwar.
On Thursday, Anwar submitted a complaint to the court, saying that Nurul Islam and his men were trying to grab his land. The court then issued a show cause notice to Anwar and asked both parties to maintain status quo.
Anwar alleged that Nurul Islam, ignoring the court order, sent about 100 people led by Sagor Molla to grab his land at around 7:00am yesterday.
They grabbed the land and erected a tin-shed house there, he said, adding that he immediately went to Kuakata police camp, but they could not prevent the gang.
Later, Anwar informed the superintendent of police (SP) of the matter, the SP sent a special police team to Kuakata. On arrival of the police team, Sagor and his men left the place, leaving two families inside the newly built house on the land.
This correspondent tried several times to contact Sagor for his comments on the matter, but his cellphone (01718-158974) remained off.