SM Suman Rashid, Amtali (Barguna) Correspondent :
Jamal Howlader, a disabled person, and his wife were beaten and injured by opponents during a mediation meeting over a long-standing land dispute in Gojkhali village of Gulishakhali union in Amtali, Barguna. Jamal Howlader, a disabled person, has alleged this.
The incident took place around 6 pm yesterday on the east side of the shop of disabled Jamal Howlader, adjacent to the market in Gojkhali village of Gulishakhali union of the upazila.
It is learned that Jamal Hawlader, Saidul Islam, and Rafiqul Islam, who are disabled, are brothers and residents of Gojkhali village in the same union.
It was learned on the spot that Jamal Hawlader Gang and Saidul Islam Hawlader Gang had been in a dispute over money for a long time. Jamal Hawlader Apa filed a complaint with Amtali Police Station after finding no other solution.
In the context of the complaint, it is known from the complaint that the defendants (1) Saidul Islam, father: Abul Kalam Hawlader, (2) Rafiqul Islam, father: Oi, (3) Kabir Mridha, father: Sunu Mridha, (4) Nahid Mridha, father: Nasir Mirza, (5) Jasim Mridha, father: Sunu Mridha, (6) Tania, husband: Rafiqul Hawlader (7) Mosa: Kanika, husband: Saidul Islam, are residents of Gojkhali village, Gulishakhali Union of the upazila.
In this regard, on the day of the incident, on 22/08/2020, at approximately 6:30 pm, in the presence of both parties, the discussion continued at the arbitration meeting at Jamal Howlader’s residence through local dignitaries of the village. At one point, Jamal Howlader’s nephew, Md. Al-Amin (25), who is disabled, went to show the trees planted on the disputed land. Saidul Islam and Rafiqul Islam got angry at Jamal Howlader’s niece and started hitting her with stones and punching her indiscriminately. At that time, Jamal Howlader’s wife and her other niece tried to stop the fight between the defendants and were injured on the spot. Later, the locals rescued them and brought them to the Amtali Upazila Health Complex.
Even after calling Saidul Islam several times, he could not be reached. When I called Rafiqul Islam about this, the phone was switched off.
In this regard, Jamal Hawlader, a disabled person, said, “For a long time, I and my other co-partners had been having a dispute with the defendants over some land obtained by me and my family members in Gojkhali through ancestral inheritance and clear and authentic deeds. Then, about 6 months ago, an arbitration meeting was held regarding the matter through the above-mentioned witnesses and local dignitaries of the village. The arbitrators reviewed the land deposit documents, records and other documents of both our parties and presented a reasonable decision. Our jurisdiction continued as per the decision of the arbitrators. After accepting the signatures of both the parties, the dispute regarding the land deposit between us was resolved through compromise. Then, the arbitrators distributed the land deposit to both of them in the presence of both the parties and determined the cement pillar aisle boundary.
On Friday morning, 25/07/2025, when we went to plant some saplings on the purchased land, the defendants disobeyed the arbitrators’ decision, blocked our path, and uprooted some cement pillars in the alley and boundary determined by the arbitrators, where the opponents, Saidul Islam and Rafiqul Islam, had planted some betel and banana saplings.
In this regard, Md. Jamal Hawlader has filed a case (complaint) with Amtali Police Station.
In this regard, Amtali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jaglul Hasan said, “The Amtali Chief Judicial Magistrate ordered the filing of the complaint. As per the court’s order, a case has been recorded. And legal action will be taken after investigation.”
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