Illegal shops built along police station boundary walls

Recently, illegal shops were built on government property adjacent to the boundary walls of Dhamraihat police station in Naogaon.

Though police had barred such attempts earlier, this time the land-grabbers allegedly bribed the Officer-in-Charge AKM Mizanur Rahman to let them use the government property.

At least 10 shops were built using bamboo and tin sheds on the government property beside the Naogaon-Jipurhat road, running alongside the boundary walls of the police station, over the last few days.

A source, requesting anonymity, said OC Mizan took Tk5,000 per shop for permitting them to build their shops there.

The locals are fearful that road accidents and other hazards will result from such illegal establishments.

Denying the accusation of taking bribes, the OC told the Dhaka Tribune that he was not in charge of the land on which the shops were built, though for a long time he had prevented any illegal establishment from being built on it. But now he claimed he could not do so anymore.

ASP Syed Iqbal, he said there were no such shops in front of the police station. If shops were built there illegally, necessary measures would be taken to evict them, he added