Thugs demolish 50 homes of indigenous people
Dhaka, January 12, 2007: At least 250 landless people, mostly indigenous people, are passing their days under the open sky amid the continuing cold wave in Dinajpur after miscreants dismantled and torched their homes on Sunday night.
The incident took place at Amoir under Dinajpur Sadar upazila where at least 50 minority families had been living on government khas land for the last nine months, Dinajpur police sources said.
Sources said a gang of unidentified armed miscreants on Sunday night swooped on them and dismantled their houses. They later set fire to the houses, which were made of straw and clay. Sufal Murmu, a victim, said the gang had 40-50 members.
During the attack, at least five people were injured and they are undergoing treatment in Dinajpur Sadar Hospital. The injured were identified as Babu, Hembala, Longfool, Gabinda and Sulov.
Abu Bakkar Shiddique, chairman of Sundarban-2 Union Parishad, the union in which the incident took place, claimed that the gang carried out the attack with an aim to grab the government land.
Shreejol, an 18-year-old victim, said she was mercilessly beaten during the attack.
Nipa, another victim, said the miscreants threw her two and a half year old son Umakanta into the fire but she managed to rescue her son who suffered minor injuries.
The victims have not received any aid from the government or the NGOs yet.
The victims claimed that a non-government organisation (NGO) had asked them to stay there nine months ago. Sources in Dinajpur Land Commission, however, claimed that the landless people had grabbed the 4.85 acres of government khas land and had been staying there for the last nine months.
Meanwhile, a case has been filed with Dinajpur Police Station accusing three people in connection with the attack. The accused are Jotin Banerjee, Gopal Banerjee and Ranjan Banerjee.
On contact, the accused claimed the allegation brought against them was false. They, however, said the property which the landless people were staying on belonged to them.
Officer-in-charge of Dinajpur Police Station said they are investigating the incident. They said Superintendent of Dinajpur Police Mostafa Kamal visited the area soon after the incident.
Dhaka, January 12, 2007: At least 250 landless people, mostly indigenous people, are passing their days under the open sky amid the continuing cold wave in Dinajpur after miscreants dismantled and torched their homes on Sunday night.
The incident took place at Amoir under Dinajpur Sadar upazila where at least 50 minority families had been living on government khas land for the last nine months, Dinajpur police sources said.
Sources said a gang of unidentified armed miscreants on Sunday night swooped on them and dismantled their houses. They later set fire to the houses, which were made of straw and clay. Sufal Murmu, a victim, said the gang had 40-50 members.
During the attack, at least five people were injured and they are undergoing treatment in Dinajpur Sadar Hospital. The injured were identified as Babu, Hembala, Longfool, Gabinda and Sulov.
Abu Bakkar Shiddique, chairman of Sundarban-2 Union Parishad, the union in which the incident took place, claimed that the gang carried out the attack with an aim to grab the government land.
Shreejol, an 18-year-old victim, said she was mercilessly beaten during the attack.
Nipa, another victim, said the miscreants threw her two and a half year old son Umakanta into the fire but she managed to rescue her son who suffered minor injuries.
The victims have not received any aid from the government or the NGOs yet.
The victims claimed that a non-government organisation (NGO) had asked them to stay there nine months ago. Sources in Dinajpur Land Commission, however, claimed that the landless people had grabbed the 4.85 acres of government khas land and had been staying there for the last nine months.
Meanwhile, a case has been filed with Dinajpur Police Station accusing three people in connection with the attack. The accused are Jotin Banerjee, Gopal Banerjee and Ranjan Banerjee.
On contact, the accused claimed the allegation brought against them was false. They, however, said the property which the landless people were staying on belonged to them.
Officer-in-charge of Dinajpur Police Station said they are investigating the incident. They said Superintendent of Dinajpur Police Mostafa Kamal visited the area soon after the incident.
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