Mahbubur Rahman Tipu, Dohar (Dhaka)

His dream was to build a small house on his own land. To live in peace with his wife and children. To make that dream come true, he had lived abroad for a long time and had given all his life savings to a local land seller. But now that expatriate has been cheated and is sitting on the road.

The incident took place in Malikanda village of Narisha Union in Dohar Upazila of Dhaka.

The accused are Jahangir Alam (40), son of Samed Ali of Malikanda village in Narisha union of the upazila, and his father Samed Ali (58).

The victim, Shamsul Alam, a Dubai expatriate, filed a written complaint at the Sainpukur Investigation Center regarding the incident.

Based on the complaint, the police of the investigation center summoned the accused and prepared a written compromise between the two. The written compromise stipulates that both the father and son have received an advance of 15 (fifteen) lakh taka from the buyer, Shamsul Alam, a Dubai expatriate, for the sale of the land. Jahangir Gong will take the remaining money at the rate of 1 lakh taka per percent during the land registration.

It is revealed that not only Shamsul Alam, but several other victims have been deceived by Jahangir.
They are Lal Mia (59), son of Izzat Ali of Raipara Union, and Rashida, an Omani expatriate, daughter of Bishai of the same area.

This fraudulent gang has embezzled 15 lakh taka in the name of selling land. Jahangir and his father Sameed Ali are said to have gone into hiding.

According to written complaints and local sources, Jahangir Alam and his father Samed Ali, owners of Narisha Union's Malikanda village, took money from Shamsul Alam, an expatriate from the same area, on the pretext of selling 23 percent of their land in Raipara Mouza. First,
In 2014, he accepted 5 (five) lakh taka on the pretext of bail.

It was said that the land deed would be registered within the stipulated time. However, Sameed Ali and Jahangir Alam wasted time on various excuses by not registering the land within the stipulated time. Later, when they asked for the land registration or the money back, the delay started. This was resolved several times locally and at the Shinepukur police outpost. Although Jahangir promised to return the time and money or register the land to the arbitrator, he could not deliver the money or the land even after 11 years. Now, as the land was not transferred as per the deposit agreement, expatriate Shamsul Alam is allegedly receiving threats from the accused persons when he asks for the money back.

Victim Shamsul Alam said, "I had given all my life savings as collateral for land. I was thinking of having my own house. Now I feel like I made the biggest decision of my life by mistake. I have given about 15 lakh taka of land as collateral to my neighbor Jahangir Alam Gang for almost eleven years. Jahangir said he would quickly deliver the documents and land. Now he is neither giving the money nor the land. If we want the money back, he is threatening us. They are filing complaints against us in various places to harass us. They are harassing us through social media with false information. I want justice from the administration and from you."

When we went to the house of accused Jahangir Alam to inquire about this, he was not found. Later, when we asked him about his phone number, he said that he was working to resolve the matter and cut the line. Then he hung up the phone.

Abu Bakkar Siddique, OC of Doha Police Station, said, "I advised filing a case in court for embezzlement of money through fraud and deception. He also asked to file a written complaint again. If a complaint is received, a preliminary investigation will be conducted into the matter. Later, legal action will be taken against the accused as per the court's orders."