Annual Report 2016
NHRC considered that it was a violation of
human rights as well as the constitutional
rights. In Bangladesh, it is not mandatory to
own property for being a citizen of the country. But the process of police verification in
respect of the two victims did not consider it
and they were not finally selected for the job.
NHRC took Suo moto cognizance of the incident, issued notice to the Superintendent of
Police, Moulobhibazar, Cabinet Secretary of
the Cabinet Division, Senior Secretary of
Ministry of Home Affairs and Police Commissioner, Sylhet. In response, SP Moulobhibazar sent a report to NHRC explaining
that in accordance with the instruction given
from Police Headquarters, Dhaka, police
verification was done again and the concerned youths were at last selected for the
job.
Complaint No. 171/16
Ensuring Land Right
Mr. X, a poor man got 01.14 and 0.13 acres of
khas land given by Deputy Commissioner,
Narail according to the government policy. In
connivance with some influential of the locality, Mr. Y forcibly occupied the land. Mr. X
repeatedly sought assistance from the administration to get his land back from Mr. Y. But
no one helped him. Finally, Mr. X lodged
complaint at NHRC.
were landless, DC, Narial allotted them the
khas land. Surveyor of land on the basis of the
application marked the boundary of the land
on 12/03/2016. But later they could not go for
possession. It was found that someone lifted
the wall of boundary. The defendant failed to
show any documents in support of the ownership of impugned property except a receipt of
suit of the land.
After reviewing the report, it was found that
the defendant has no document except the
receipt of the suit of the land and there was no
clear statement of injunction over the land.
When UNO, Kalia, Narail was asked to take
legal measures for giving the possession of
allocated khas land in favor of the complainants, he assigned AC(Land), of Kalia, Narial
to investigate and a report was submitted
which stated that, the allotted land for the
landless was given possession with measurement by red flag. Later, when the landless
were asked about their getting possession in
the presence of the audience, they replied in
affirmative and said they’ve got their possession.
NHRC took the case with strong conviction
and asked UNO, Kalia, Narail, to submit a
report on the complaints on an urgent basis
after investigation. UNO office sent a report
that the land was a Khas land which was
enshrined in Registrar- 08. As the petitioners
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