Dhaka, March 13 -- Miscreants on Thursday attacked a group of workers on the land owned by Dhaka Sangbadik Samabay Samity Limited (DSSSL), a cooperative society of Dhaka-based journalists, in the Jhilpar area of Pallabi.

They brandished pistols, machetes, and other sharp weapons, threatening the workers engaged in land development.

The attackers verbally abused the construction workers in vulgar language and warned them that if any development work was carried out without their consent, they would kill them.

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In response to the incident, Md. Sadekul Islam, the official responsible for the development work on behalf of Mallick Properties & Enterprise Limited, filed a complaint at the ...