, July 7 -- friendly trees have been felled allegedly by rivals over land dispute at Diara Kochua village in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali district.

Family members and locals said Abul Hashem Matubbar, Abul Kashem Matubbar and Abdul Hakim Matubbar jointly own 21.36 acres of land in the area.

Sons of Abdul Hakim and Abul Kashem alleged that although Abul Hashem's heirs sold all of their share of land his (Hashem) grandson Sakib Hasan alias Caesar Matubbar forcibly occupied around 14.24 acres of land belonging to the other two families.

Babul Matubbar, son of Abdul Hakim, and Shamsul Haque Matubbar, eldest son of Abul Kashem, jointly alleged that on Saturday and Sunday Sakib Hasan and his hired men illegally cut down nearly 400 trees-incl...