Finding no alternative, an elderly couple at last took to the street aimed at protecting their ancestral properties from local influential quarters.
To grab the attention of the district administration, the couple formed a human chain in front of the office of deputy commissioner in Gazipur on Monday and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through the DC seeking measures in this regard.
The couple said a vested quarters with the help of Telihati union parishad Member Iqbal had been hatching conspiracy against them to grab their ancestral house located at Godarchala village under Gazipur Sadar upazila.
Recently, they took a portion of their house in the name of constructing a road there.
Rustam Ali said: “As we have informed district administration about their heinous act, they have erected a fence in front of our house so that we cannot move from our house.”
According to the memorandum, when the couple informed deputy commissioner, he instructed upazila nirbahi officer to take measures in this regard. He said :“The UNO is yet to give any solution about the matter.
“After death of our three sons, we have been living a sub-human life with our two grand children. As we do not have people, the influential quarter is trying to gobble up our house.”
Acting deputy commissioner and Additional District Magistrate Mohammad Hossain received the memorandum from the couple and assured them that he would take measures in this regard.
When contacted, Iqbal member said he had no connection with the land grabbing. He also alleged that previous chairman Moslemuddin took the decision to take land from the house of the couple to construct a road.
