Influential people have allegedly grabbed around 32 decimals of land worth around Tk7crore and a CNG-run filling station at Sripur upazila in Gazipur.
The owners questioned the role of police about this.
Locals Shahidullah Khan and Saleka Parvin said they purchased 31.35 decimals of land from the documented inheritors of locals Abdul Khaleq and Abdus Sobahan in 2003.
Taher and Sons Filling Station was then built on the land beside Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at the upazila’s MC Bazar area, they said.
They pointed out that local Altaf Hossain Altu recently filed a complaint with a court claiming the ownership of the land.
On Wednesday night, Altaf along with up to 50 accomplices attacked the station and demarcated the land.
During the attack, they vandalised rooms, ransacked valuable papers and took away 10 gas cylinders.
Two security workers were injured as they tried to resist the attack. They were locally given first aid at local clinics.
Shahidullah Khan alleged that they sought police help in resisting the attack, but the lawmen did not help them.
Moreover, police refused to received a complaint in this connection, advising that it should be settled through arbitration, he said.
Alleged land grabber Altu however denied the allegation and said he had not grabbed anybody’s land. Rather, he reclaimed his own land.
Sripur model police station’s Officer-in-Charge Mohsinul Qadir said: “We do not know about the grabbing of any piece of land. However, we will take action about this once a case is filed in this regard.”
