Staff Reporter :
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) authorities conducted an eviction drive at ‘Sadeeq Agro Farm’ in Mohammadpur area of the capital.
At one point of the drive, some of the resident staff of the farm obstructed them and the police force dispersed them later.
The drive at Sadeeq Agro Farm started after 12:00pm on Thursday.
Md Motakabbir, executive officer of DNCC-5 region and Executive Magistrate Md Mahbub Hasan conducted the drive.
In this regards, Dhaka North City Corporation authorities say that Sadeeq Agro has illegally occupied lands from the canal and the street.
Besides, there are several other illegal establishments like rickshaw garages and slums.
Those are being evicted too. Sadeeq Agro was established on the land of Ramchandra canal in Mohammadpur area.
Asif Ahmed, Councilor of DNCC ward number 33, said that illegal structures are being removed as part of DNCC’s regular eviction drive. There is no connection of the drive with goat scandal.
During the eviction drive the livestock of the farm including the viral goat worth Tk 1.5 million (Tk 15 lakh) involved in the goat saga, was removed to another location.
Recently ex NBR official Matiur Rahman’s son Mushfiqur Rahman alias Ifat came to the limelight in an attempt to buy that ‘aristocratic’ goat costing Tk 1.5 million.
After going viral on the social media centering the purchase of that goat before the Eid-ul-Azha, Ifat had returned the goat. Even last year, he had bought six sacrificial animals from Sadeeq Agro Farm in Mohammadpur area of the capital during Eid-ul-Azha.
President of Bangladesh Dairy Farmers’ Association (BDFA) Imran Hossain is the owner of the Sadeeq Agro Farm.
The farm is located in Sat Masjid housing area adjacent to Beribadh road in capital’s Mohammadpur.
Earlier on Wednesday (June 26), DNCC said that drive will be launched to evict illegally built farm of Sadeeq Agro on the site of the Ramchandrapur canal and the adjacent road at Mohammadpur area in the capital.