Goons ransack indigenous neighbourhood; Landless evicted in Tanore
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=10504 Published On: 2007-11-06 Land-grab in Naogaon Goons ransack indigenous neighbourhood A gang of criminals attacked an indigenous neighbourhood and injured at least 15 people and torched, looted and ransacked 19 houses in a bid to evict the inhabitants from the land at Uttar Kazipara of Patnitala upazila in Naogaon yesterday morning. The gang of 50 equipped with sticks and machetes swooped on the indigenous families around 7:30am. Around 50 indigenous families used to live on the land. The inhabitants initially tried to resist but had to fall back within minutes. The attackers then went on a rampage and set fire to several houses. Police rushed there and arrested five people on the spot. They are union parishad member Helal Uddin, Lutfar Rahman, Azizar Rahman, Ruhul Amin Sagar and Motibul Islam. The victims were seen weeping on their ravaged homestead. The district administration officials in the evening assure