Tk 75 lakh govt land leased illegally
Rangpur district administration leased out government land worth about 75 lakh taka in Rangpur town to three government employees in gross violation of rule.
The lesees of land at Robertsonsganj are Mizanur Rahman Monju and Shawkat Hosen, two clerks working at the Ministry of Establishment in Dhaka and Alamigir Hosen, a najir (clerk) working at the deputy commissioner's office.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Shamsul Alam on behalf of the deputy commissioner (DC), who is ex-officio chairman of land committee, issued the lease against the government employees, said sources at the DC office.
As per circular of the land ministry, no government employee or official can take lease of any kind of government land. Besides, a person taking lease of government land must be resident of that area and must not possess any land.
But the three persons who got lease of the government land are government employees. Mizanur Rahman Monju and Shawkat Hosen are permanent residents of Nilphamari.
Monju and Shawkat got lease of .05 acre of land each and Alamgir Hosen .17 acre of land at Robertsonganj in August, said sources at the DC office.
The leased out land belongs to Public Works Department (PWD). It is an abandoned property.
When asked, ADC Shamsul Alam, however, said, “I did not sign any lease. It is property of the PWD.”
Executive Engineer of PWD Aminiul Islam said, “The land was leased out in August. But I do not know who have been given the land. Ask the deputy commissioner, who is also chairman of the land committee, about it.”
Rangpur Deputy Commissioner Khandaker Atiar Rahman was transferred to the home ministry on August 31.
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