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April
25, 2000
Lalmonirhat,
Apr 24 (UNB) – A tense situation was prevailing at Daubari Union in
Hatibandha Upazila following a clash between villagers and officials
of local administration that left some 45 people injured on Sunday.
The
clash took place as a section of poor villagers opposed the allocation
of 200 dwelling houses among the people who have lost their homesteads
in Tista riverbank erosion. The houses were constructed at Votmarir
Char under an ideal village project.
The
angry villagers, who set fire to the houses and harassed local UNO
Nurul Islam and OC Nayemuddin Ahmed, alleged that a local UP member
had taken took TK 700-800 from them assuring them that they would get
houses.
At
one stage of the trouble, some miscreants attacked the officials with
lethal weapons.
The
injured were admitted to health complex and clinics.
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