Illegal shed, power connection on government land unearthed in Bantwal during inspection
Bantwal: Authorities in Bantwal taluk uncovered an illegal shed constructed on government land, along with an unauthorised electricity connection, during a joint inspection conducted in Salethur Agari of Kolnadu village.
The surprise visit was carried out by officials from the Revenue Department, MESCOM, and the Gram Panchayat, acting on directions from the Mangaluru Assistant Commissioner. The inspection followed a formal complaint filed by a local resident, Karayi Khalid.
The shed in question is reportedly part of a unit named ‘Hollow Block’, which has been operating from Survey No. 512/6 in Salethur Agari for the past eight years. The land, however, is government-owned, and the person using it, identified as Karayi Abdul Karim, had allegedly set up the shed without obtaining any official approval or ownership documents.
Despite the lack of valid land documents, the unit had managed to secure a temporary electricity connection from MESCOM.
The inspection team included Vitla Revenue Inspector Ravi M N, Kolnadu Village Accountant Karibasappa, and Panchayat Development Officer Lavanya.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
