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Vol. 5 Num 162 Wed. November 03, 2004  
   
National


Destruction of crops protested
National Adibasi Council, Joypurhat protested the atrocities committed on indigenous people (aborigines) at Gangrail village in Sadar upazila recently, says a press release.

A meeting was held at Shan-tinagar with council chairman Advocate Babul Rabidas in the chair. The meeting demanded of the administration security of life and property of 'Adibasis', the most vulnerable section of society.

A band of unidentified criminals destroyed crops worth about Tk 40,000 on more than three acres of land in the aforesaid village under cover of night.

A GD was lodged with Joypurhat Thana in this regard.