Mother, son injured over land dispute

An employee of a tea garden and his mother were injured in an attack by criminals over land dispute in Banshkhali upazila of the district yesterday. 

Injured Sadhan Kanti Mohajan, 40, a clerk of Pukuria Boilgaon Tea Garden in the upazila, and his mother Bhanu Bala, 70, were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Sadhan was shifted to a private hospital in the city with bullet injuries in the chest as his condition deteriorated, said his wife Ranu Bala.
"A gang of 4/5 stormed the house at their tea garden quarter around 1:00am and shot Sadhan. They also hit Bhanu Bala with iron rods as she tried to resist them," said Ranu.

Police said the criminals carried out the attack as there was a longstanding dispute between the tea garden authorities and local people over a land in the area. 

On March 17 this year, Santosh Kumar Dey, another employee of the tea garden, filed an extortion case, accusing 14 residents of the area, said Swapan Kumar Majumder, officer-in-charge of Banshkhali Police Station.

The attack was launched to withdraw the case, suspected police.