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8 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Barisal

A case was lodged with the district and session judge's court in Barisal on Sunday against the officer-in-charge (OC) of Hizla Police Station accusing him of demanding bribe. Abdul Jalil, chairman of Dhulkhola Union Parishad filed the case against OC Abdul Aziz. The judge ordered to register the case and fixed the hearing date on June 21. The complainant alleged that there was a dispute between Kali Mohan and Abdur Razzak of village Budhua of the union over ownership of 25 acres of land. Both the parties kept 1,200 maunds of paddy harvested from that land under the custody of police and sat three times at Hizla Police Station in presence of the UP chairman and OC but failed to resolve the dispute. Meantime, the OC allegedly demanded Tk3 lakh from Razzak and told him to take the paddy and possession of the land on payment of the amount. As Razzak refused to pay the money to the OC, a general diary was filed against him and his four associates. They were later sent to jail allegedly under a false case last week. When the UP chairman protested the interference of OC in local government affairs and raised the issue of bribery, the OC allegedly misbehaved with him and threatened him to put behind bar. Contacted, OC Abdul Aziz denied all the allegations.