Tetultala belongs to police, kids can play at Kalabagan playground:DMP

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has claimed that Kalabagan Tetultala playground was acquired following government rules for Kalabagan Police Station.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, DMP said it has acquired 0.20 acres of land under Dhanmondi mouja for Kalabagan Police Station and it is a government asset and Housing and Public Works Ministry is the owner of the land.

According to the press release, DMP has received a clearance certificate from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) which said that they have no problem as it is needed for the government and public interest.

The local MP also sent a DO letter to the home minister for establishing a police station on the disputed land for the safety of the local people, the release added.

It also said DMP got the no-objection letter from the Department of Environment (DoE) too.

The proposed land for the police station, Tetultala playground is a few yards away from Kalabagan playground where children can play.

DMP is not constructing any building on the land of any organisation and any person illegally, said the release.

Earlier, Syeda Ratna and her son were detained by police when she was live-streaming the construction of a boundary wall at the playground on Facebook around 11am on Sunday.

However, police freed  Ratna and her son, nearly 13 hours after their detention on charges of "spreading hate speech" as she protested the construction of a police station on  the playground at Kalabagan.