He cannot live in the house he built with his own life’s savings. Paralysed and burdened by age, this elderly man is now forced to reside in a rented apartment. His younger son and daughter-in-law, he alleges, have driven him out of his own home.

The victim, M Md Ali, owns a six-storey building in the Kafrul area of Mirpur. Ali told Prothom Alo that he spent a large part of his life toiling in the Middle East, saving every penny to build this house. He had even established a garment factory alongside it, though it shut down after he fell ill.

Today, Ali lives with his eldest son, Wahid Zubair, in a rented flat in Uttara. The younger son, against whom Ali has brought the allegations, now lives in that six-storey building. While the eldest son claims he is being harassed by lawsuits for taking his father's side, the younger son counter-alleges that his brother is merely using their father to seize the property.