"Forget about party politics right at this moment and start serving the flood victims," he said while talking to journalists after distributing relief at Amulia in Demra.

He also noted that it is the prime responsibility of each citizen to stay beside the flood-affected people and extend their cooperation to them at this hour of urgent need.

Blasting real estate companies for trickery with their clients, he said, "You see a huge signboard here. Advertisements say plots are ready, but you see the land is still under 10-foot-deep floodwater."

"Let us find out these frauds, identify them and put them to trial under the existing law of the land," said General Moeen.

In an address to the flood victims near Amulia Model Town, he said, "The government has started work for preparing seedbeds on 500 acres of land, which will be distributed among the farmers for free after the floods.

Amulia is one of the worst-hit areas in the eastern part of the capital, where more than one lakh people have been affected by flood, sources in the 14 Independent Brigade of Bangladesh Army said.

General Moeen distributed rice, edible oil, pulses, ORS packets, matches, candles and water purifying tablets among the flood victims.

"I am really shocked to see the sufferings of people of the flood-hit areas and I request the well off people to stand beside the food victims," the army chief said, adding: "Individuals should donate part of their income for the affected people."

Local administration officials and Commander of the 14 Independent Brigade Brigadier General Nizam Ahmed were present.