Kishoreganj Correspondent

A four -star ' President Resort ' stands like an island on about 3000 dismals (30 acres) of land at Mitamoin Haor in Kishorganj.

Launched on September 3, 2021, the resort has 40 air-conditioned suites, in 20 two-storey cottages on one side. There are restaurants, party centers, children's game zones and watch towers. The daily rent of each suite is tk.6,ooo to 28, 000 only.

There is a large lake in the middle of the resort area. In the middle is the helipad. Several influential ministers, secretaries and high police officials of the previous government have also visited the resort. The owner of these huge establishments is Haroon -ur -Rashid, the former DIG, also chief of Detective Branch (DB).

Outside the resort Haroon has threatened to grab three to four hundred acres of land from innocent farmers for his agro farm. It is alleged that hundreds of acres of land have been occupied by dams last year. During the last dry season, under the leadership of Harun's younger brother dr.Shahriar, he constructed a mud dam in an area of several kilometers from Mitamoin 's Hossainpur to Austagram 's Vatshala area.

Farmers' land is being cut and soil is being dumped to build dams. But the dam was not completed due to monsoons.
The locals, victims saids that his huge wealth was found. The question of local people, how a police officer owns so much money? Although his huge wealth was discussed in public, no one opened his mouth for fear of harassment.

The police administration of the previous Awami League government removed him from the post of DB chief. After the fall of the Awami League government, many inquired about the source of Haroon 's huge wealth.

According to several local sources, Haroon and his family members have taken advantage of other people's land for the resort. Apart from this, he has huge wealth. He has seized the land and ponds of many and forced or pressured the land owners to sell them.

The foundation stone of the resort was laid on December 4, 2020. After that, its construction was completed in eight months. Haroon started construction of resort and agro farm by taking loan from a private bank. It was found out that Haroon's family had a small amount of land in Haor next to the village.

His father late Abul Hashem was a rice treader in Mitamoin Bazar. . He also worked in the Haor Irrigation Project.

Former Upazila Freedom Fighters Unit Commonder Md.Ali Chowdhury said, Harun's father late Abul Hashem did not participate in the Liberation War,1971.When Haroon was a Dhaka University Chatra League leader, he took his father Freedom Fighter Certificate, in 1997 during Awami League government. He was a 20 th BCS in Muktijoddha quota.

In 2002 the BNP government blocked his appointment. Haron's job at One-Eleven is permanent. His paternal uncle Idris alias Idu Molla was a notorious Razakar.
Harun's ' destiny ' happened when he was SP of Gazipur .

According to the sources, Haroon started buying land in Haor next to his house through his family members from the time he was SP of Gazipur and Narayanganj. He has at least 100 acres of land in his name. It has been alleged that he is in possession of hundreds of acres of other land. Harun is rumored to have hundreds of millions of dollar in the United States.

Haroon's native Saudi Arabian expatriate Manik Mia said that while he was the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Gazipur and Narayanganj, his brother Shahriar, caretaker Abul Hashim and one Golam Mawla led by their family members took over five and a half acres of land in Mitamoin 's Hossainpur village in 2018, the current value of which is tk. Two and half million. At that time, all three brothers were abroad. After returning from abroad, they could not recover the land despite their efforts.

He complained that Harun's people grabbed the land and put it inside the pond of the resort and said that the pond is being built for fish farming. Later he pressured to sell the land without returning it.

Apart from this, several acres of land of 10 to 15 farmers including Syed Ali, Islam Uddin, Abdul Ali, Iqbal Hossain, Farid Mia of that village have been illegally occupied under the resort. Manik Mia demanded the return of their land to the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government.

Former DB chief Harun- or-Rashid's mobile phone was not available for his statement regarding the complaint. His brother, ABM Shahriar, Managing Director (MD) of the President Resort phone is also off.