13 farm workers receive bullets in Narail

At least 13 farm labourers received bullets as security guards of Arunima Eco Park fired at a disputed land adjacent to the park at Panipara village in Noragati upazila in Narail on Friday night, reports UNB.

Locals said there had a longstanding dispute between Khabiruddin, land owner of the park, and Mizanur Raman, owner of the adjacent land, over the ownership of the land.

In a sequel to the dispute, security guards of Arunima Eco Park indiscriminately fired at labourers who were having dinner at the land after irrigation, leaving 13 of them injured.

The injured were sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Park manager Md Shahdat Hossian admitted that their security guards fired bullets towards the disputed land.

Additional police, led by Noragati police station sub-inspector Mizan have been  deployed in the area.