UP chairmen protest demand for Gobindaganj UNO's removal

The lawyers are demanding his removal because of a misunderstanding between him and a Senior Assistant Judge at the upazila headquarter, they claimed at the press conference, held at Gaibandha Press Club on Friday. Shaharul Huda, Chairman of Nakai UP, read out a written statement signed by all the chairmen.

The statement said lawyers at an earlier press conference demanded removal of UNO AKM Mizanur Rahman as he asked the Senior Assistant Judge for vacating the upazila rest house, occupied by him since his joining.

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They said the misunderstanding cropped up when the Public Works Department started construction of a boundary wall around the Upazila court complex, allegedly without prior permission from the Local Government Division. The Upazila Parishad protested this and asked the contractor to stop it. The contractor filed a case against the seven chairmen, UNO and Upazila Engineer with the Senior Assistant Judge's court.

The judge asked the UNO to appear before his court in person in connection with an election case.

The UP chairmen claimed that the 5.25 acre land including the Upazila court compound was recorded in the name of Upazila Parishad (plot No 5 1534 ). The PWD had started construction of the boundary wall without prior permission of Upazila Parishad, they claimed.