Land grabbing by police
We are astounded to see that even the law enforcers have been grabbing others' land using their official capacity. The Police Superintendent (SP) of Bagerhat along with two of his colleagues have reportedly taken possession of 700 bighas of land in Gopalganj. They claim that they bought the land in 1996. It is mentionable that they claimed to buy it in 1996 during the previous Awami League tenure and never tried to possess it. In 2010, when the Awami League is in power once again, he along with two other police officers tried to get its possession!
Question may arise, did they take permission to buy the huge quantity of land which is mandatory for any government servant?
The government should take stern action against the police officers who tried to grab others' land and used the police force for their personal interest. Otherwise, there will be myriad scope for people to misunderstand the whole thing. It should be exemplary so that other government officials also get lessons from it.
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