UP chairman among four sued over occupation of land in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, July 13 (UNB): A case was filed with a Chattogram court on Wednesday accusing four people including a union parishad (UP) chairman on charges of occupying land and demanding extortion from a villager in Fatikhchhari upazila of Chattogram.

Sohaibul, a resident of Baktopur UP in the upazila, filed the case with the court of Chattogram Senior Judicial Magistrate Mahbubul Haque, said the plaintiff's counsel Ahmed Kabir Karim.

Taking the case into cognisance, the court ordered the Detective Branch of Police to investigate the allegations and submit a report, he said.

The accused UP Chairman Farukul Azam, his associates Aman Ullah, Enamul Hoque and Amir Hossain are residents of the union.

According to the case statement, the victim has been living in the port city of Chattogram for a long time due to professional and family affairs.

Taking the chance, the UP chairman and his cohorts allegedly occupied his land and sold the soil of the land and cut down trees planted on it.

The victim lodged complaints to local Upazilah Nirbhai Officer who failed to settle the issue despite calling them to his office earlier.

Rather, the degree of torture on the victim intensified when he submitted complaints seeking justice.

The UP chairman charged Tk o.1 million to him as extortion as he tried to sell the land to his paternal cousin MA Nasir.

Getting no way of relief from the clutches of the UP chairman, the victim was compelled to file the case with the court finally, the lawyer added.