Madaripur DC, five others sued for 'burning down dredgers of contractors'

Madaripur deputy commissioner (DC) and five others were sued on Tuesday allegedly for burning down four dredgers and damaging eight other machines belonging to two local earth-filling contractors.

Two separate criminal cases were filed against Madaripur DC Dr Rahima Khatun and five others with the Madaripur senior judicial magistrate court Tuesday afternoon under Sections 147/447/435/436/379/427/506 (2) of the CrPC.
Monir Sardar of village Daiyarchar and Sarwar Bepari of village Sadullah Beparikandi under Shibchar upazila filed the seperate cases.

The accused of the cases are Madaripur DC Dr Rahima Khatun, ADC Md Zakir Hossain Bacchu, Shaibchar assistant commissioner (Land) Md Rafiqul Islam, union assistant land officer Yusuf Hossain, surveyor Md Rasel Hossain, and MLSS Babul Mia.

The complainants stated in their cases that they had started earth-filling work at Chowdhury Anisuddin Waqf Estate using their four dredger machines after receiving work order. At about 1:00pm on August 28 last, the accused went to the Waqf estate's land and burnt down four dredger machines and damaged eight other machines, which caused losses amounting to lakhs of taka to the contractors.

Hearing the case statement, Judge Mohammad Hossain of the senior judicial magistrate court ordered Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to  submit a report after investigating the matter.

Contacted, Madaripur DC Dr Rahima Khatun over mobile phone, she said she didn't know anything else about the case.

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