Imam Hossain has alleged that false, baseless and misleading information is being circulated in the media and on social media over a land dispute in Charfashion, Bhola. He claimed that the dissemination of such information has caused him and others involved in the dispute to face social humiliation.

He made the allegations in a written statement at a press conference held at the Charfashion Press Club at 4pm on Thursday (October 1).

According to Hossain, a long-standing dispute involves several plots of land in the mouzas of South Char Madraj, West Aowazpur and North Fashion. Several lawsuits have been filed over the issue at different times. He claimed that after obtaining a judgment and decree in a land survey case, they purchased the disputed land, had it registered in their names and have been regularly paying land taxes.

Hossain alleged that Munsur Ahmed and others have filed cases over the land in different courts. He claimed that stay orders and dismissal orders have been issued in some of the cases. He also said that a case is currently pending in a Dhaka court concerning an alleged notarized general power of attorney.

He further alleged that attempts were being made to forcibly occupy and use the land they had purchased. Although local efforts had been made to resolve the dispute, those initiatives were unsuccessful. Hossain said that after they appealed to the local member of parliament, local figures Prince Mahajan and Haji Zahidul Islam Russell Commissioner were assigned responsibility for resolving the matter.

At the press conference, Hossain protested statements made about him and the other individuals involved in a human chain held on September 23 and in various reports published on September 26. He also alleged that false and misleading information about them was being circulated through a Facebook account named “Azmat Khan.”

He urged journalists not to rely solely on the statements of either side and instead to verify relevant documents and information before publishing reports. He also requested corrections to any previously published reports containing inaccurate or misleading information.

Hossain said that, if necessary, they would present land-related documents and other evidence to the relevant authorities and seek necessary legal action in accordance with the law.