Assistant Commissioner of Land (AC-Land) of Sonargaon Al Mamun led the drive while Pirojpur’s Deputy AC-Land Ataur Rahman was present with law enforcers of the district. Also Read - Guns, liquor found in Haji Selim’s house, son Erfan jailed for a yearEarlier in 2018, ruling party MP Haji Salim's Madina Group grabbed at least 11 bighas of fallow land at Meghna River bank area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj. According to the letter, Madina Group Managing Director Haji Salim illegally grabbed around 3.42 acres of land in Meghna river bank area, filling it with sand to set up different establishments of the group. On August 6, 2018, Haji Salim applied to the deputy commissioner of Narayanganj for getting official ownership of the grabbed land, however, the DC office did not respond. Nonetheless, Haji Salim grabbed the public property defying the administration and have since been using it as his personal property, local sources said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2020 19:18 UTC