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Monday | November 02, 2026 | Dhaka

Vandalism at Chakaria Municipality market

 Cox's Bazar Correspondent
 Published: 12:02 AM, 02 November 2026
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Allegations have emerged that a group of at least 50 individuals, armed with locally-made weapons-including machetes, axes, and cleavers-carried out an attack and acts of vandalism in an attempt to forcibly seize land belonging to a retired army officer, Bedar Uddin.

The property, located near Belal’s shop on Khondkarpara Road in Ward 5 of Chakaria Municipality (within the Kahariaghona Mouza), has been in the officer’s possession for the past 30 years and is legally registered under his name (BS Khatian).

Upon receiving information, Sub-Inspector (SI) Jahangir and a police contingent from the Chakaria Police Station-acting under the instructions of the Officer-in-Charge (OC)-arrived at the site near Belal’s shop on the Chiringa-Badarkhali road to bring the situation under control.

The assailants obstructed renovation work on the market and residential structures on the site, creating an atmosphere of terror.

Abdul Hamid, the elderly brother of the retired officer and the supervisor of the renovation project, has alleged that the attackers broke into the site office, smashed a cash desk, looted Tk. 120,000 in cash, and stole various construction materials.

Mohammad Hasan, a caretaker for the property, informed journalists that the attack and looting were carried out in three separate waves on the afternoon of October 28, 2026, by a group of at least 50 men and women who arrived from Kahariaghona.

Construction workers present at the scene reported that the group launched a sudden assault, holding 10 workers hostage with machetes, axes, and cleavers.

The attackers demanded that the work be halted, claiming they were entitled to a share of the land.

The workers further stated that some of them were threatened with weapons and driven away from the site. Abdul Hamid, the project manager, stated that the land was purchased via a formal deed (*saf kabala*) from a local resident named Sahab Uddin by his younger brother, Bedar Uddin-a former military officer.

For the past 30 years, Bedar Uddin has held possession of the property, utilising it for a market and residential units that are rented out.

A portion of the land within the boundary walls had remained vacant.

Driven by greed, individuals named Alamgir and Jahangir from Karaiyaghona, along with Kafil Uddin (brother of Jasim Uddin and Sahab Uddin), have long been attempting to forcibly seize this land, claiming a share of it through inheritance.

Recently, taking advantage of the fact that the owner, Bedar Uddin, was away in Dhaka on official government duty, the group hired thugs to vandalise the market and residential structures.