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Rehabilitate 74 indigenous families, arrest land grabber

21 June 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Star National Desk

Adivasi Chhatra Parishad forms a human chain at Kazla gate of Rajshahi University yesterday demanding punishment to the perpetrators who evicted 74 indigenous families in Naogaon on June 13.Photo: STAR

Indigenous people yesterday observed protest programmes in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Magura to press home their demand for punishment of the land grabber who evicted 74 indigenous families at Khatirpur under Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on June 13. They also demanded immediate steps for rehabilitation of the evicted indigenous families. In Rajshahi, Jatiya Adibashi Parishad (JAP) held human chain and rally demanding security to indigenous people, cancellation of the forged land documents of land grabber Nur Hossain and withdrawal of the cases filed against indigenous people. Teams of JAP leaders went to different upazilas in Naogaon district and submitted memorandum to the upazila chairmen. The indigenous leaders demanded immediate arrest of Nur Hossain and withdrawal of Porsha Police Station Officer-in-Charge Zahidur Rahman Chowdhury, a relative of Nur Hossain and his alleged abettor. Our RU Correspondent reports: Indigenous students of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday formed a human chain at Kazla gate of the university demanding punishment of the grabbers of 74 indigenous families' land in Porsha. The students under the banner of Adivasi Chhatra Parishad also held a rally on the campus, where indigenous student leaders urged the government to form a separate land commission for indigenous communities and ensure their constitutional rights. Indigenous People's Welfare Association in Magura yesterday brought out a procession and formed a human chain in protest against the June 13 attack on indigenous people in Porsha, reports our Magura correspondent.