UNO's house besieged in Magura

28 September 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Magura

People from adjoining areas of Mohammadpur upazila headquarters yesterday besieged the residence of upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and hurled brickbats at his residence protesting 'assault' on a retired government employee by the UNO. They also put up a barricade on Mohammadpur-Magura road, disrupting traffic for four hours from 11:00am and burnt the effigy of the UNO demanding his removal. Locals said UNO Khalid Ahmed slapped retired tahsilder (revenue collector) Hafizur Rahman, brother of upazila Awami League (AL) leader Habibur Rahman, when he (Hafizur) went to his official residence at around 10:30am to bring back his goat which was tied up with rope at the residence for damaging flower saplings there. On information, people from adjoining areas of the upazila headquarters laid siege to the UNO office demanding his removal. The agitating people withdrew the siege after the UNO apologised to Hafizur Rahman at a meeting chaired by ADC Mohammad Tarikul Alam.