At least six people were injured, two of whom with bullets, in a ‘land dispute’ clash at Dhaka’s Segunbagicha yesterday.
Police said the clash ensued over a land dispute while one of the clashing groups said it was over not giving benefits in return for lending money.
Injured Nazma Akter, 65, Razia Begum, 50, Rubina, 50, Rafia, 26, Imran, 30 and Rakib, 30, took treatment at the emergency ward of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Of them, Nazma and Razia’s conditions were critical as they received bullet injuries as well as stab wounds.
Two years back, they lent Tk 20 million to Habubyr Rahman, owner of SH Agro Ltd on the condition that they would be given Tk 6,00,000 per month, but he later refused to give that benefit.
Habibur even refused to give back what he had taken from us, he said.
When visiting the spot, it was however learnt that Nazma had a dispute with Habibur over developing a piece of land beside Akram Tower.
Nazma got the work for developing it. And Habib was to give her all the money needed for it.
The dispute grew among them as Habib refused to give money to Nazma as per her demand for developing the land.
Moreover, Habib was allegedly trying to give the work to another land estate firm contacting the land owner.
Meanwhile, Nazma had filed a case with police against Habib alleging that Habib staged a firing in front of her car showroom near FDC gate in a bid to threaten her for asking him to give back her money.
Nazma’s son Osman said they were yesterday called by Habib at the latter’s office at Akram Tower in the city’s Segunbagicha to make a settlement over the issues.
“But as soon as we reached his office, his men attacked us.”
“We have initially learnt that this dispute is over developing a tin shade house at Segunbagicha,” Maruf Hossain Sardar, deputy commissioner of police of Ramna division told the Dhaka Tribune.
No case was filed until Friday night, he said.
