Staff Reporter :
An allegation has been raised that the Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust has made all arrangements to force the residents of two houses in the capital’s Wari area to leave their allotments, a move that is frustrating a High Court order.
The residents were living in the house of the
Hatkhola road No 4 under Wari Police Station of the city. The houses were also allotted by the Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust as one family is heir of a freedom fighter and another one is a former official of the Trust.
The Trust in 2018 took an initiative to construct a multistoried building on that land which was allotted to almost 14/15 freedom fighters’ families and former employees of the Trust. They took the decision at the 40th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust.
Trust asked the residents to quit their allotted residential premises within December 25 in 2018. The organization finally managed to drive out most of the families after a negotiation except those two families. Later the Trust started its construction activities for its multistoried building.
However, two families who were not agree to leave their houses and secured High Court stay order against the eviction notice of the Trust. Since the High Court issued stay order against eviction of the two houses, the trust is not directly evicting them, alleged the members of the two families adding that all steps are being taken so that no one can stay in those houses. As a result, the residents of two houses in the capital’s Wari are almost being forced to leave their homes, they also alleged.
Md Abu Sayeed Khan Shahid, a member of one of the victim families, said, “They (Kalyan Trust authorities) have cut our electricity lines. Garbage is piled up in front of the houses. They have created such a situation so that we get forced to leave home. They are also threatening us by sending people.”
