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Almost seven decades after the abolition of the zamindari system in the Sundarbans. Samad Chaprasi alias A. A new ‘zamindar’ named Samad Hawladar has emerged. He asserts to the simple people of the village that he owns all the lands of Morelganj and Sharankhola of Bagerhat. These lands have to be reorganized by him. You also have to pay the rent. In this way, he has secretly received hundreds of thousands of rupees in a few years.
Surprisingly, the administration was in the dark despite such deceptions for years. Even Sharankhola Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) says: a. A letter was sent to Samad from the district administration to cooperate according to the rules. A. with that letter. Samad approached him (ONE).
Samad is known to have established the headquarters of ‘Lord Tenancy Estate’ at his home in PC Barikhali village of Nishanbaria, union of Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat. A branch has been opened in Sharankhola. These two offices were opened and members of the farm were recruited through designated agents (brokers). The membership fee is three to eight thousand rupees. In addition, innocent people are secretly intimidated by going home. It is said that if you want to stay on land, you have to take a new settlement from ‘Lord Estate’. Middlemen also obstruct the cultivation of the land. Even later it was announced that all rents from the land would have to be deposited on his property.
Once upon a time, this family of ‘zamindar’ used to sell fish. For two or three years, he has built a huge two-story wooden house with the money seized through fraud. Meetings are held there every Friday. Meanwhile, the office of the so-called “Sundarbans Lord Tenancy Estate”, established in Sharankhola, was closed by the Upazila administration on Wednesday afternoon. The sign is removed. In addition, miking is also done to prevent the audience from falling into the trap of cheating.
The son of Akbar Ali Chaprasi (Hawladar) from the PC Barikhali village of Morelganj upazila is known to be A. Samad Hawladar. He declared himself the owner of Sundarbans Lord’s permanent leasehold property under the Bengal Lease Act of the provincial government. He also claimed ownership of all the lands in the Satkhira, Bagerhat, Pirojpur and Barguna districts under the then Khulna district.
According to the investigation, Mukta Munshi, Mozammel Hossain, Golam Rabbi from Dakshin Rajapur village of Rayenda union from Sharankhola, Laili Begum from Machher Khalpar, Aziz Hawlader from Uttar Rajapur village, Rahman Khan, Rexona Begum from Lakurtala village of Mahamuda Asunad of Khada,.
A person named Saiful Mollah from North Kadamtala village is known to have been charged 8,000 rupees as a membership fee. Rs 32 lakhs have been taken from eight more people from that village. The Secretary General of the Awami League of the Khontakata Union, Taju Sardar, said: a. Samad himself demanded two thousand rupees from him to become a member of the estate.
Abdur Rahim Bachchu, president of the Nishanbaria Union Parishad in Morelganj Upazila, said that Samad’s grandfather, Afsar Chaprasi, was a pawn of Ambika Charan Lahar Kachari, the then zamindar of the area. When the Jamdari system was abolished, he wrote all the zamindari in the name of Samad’s grandfather.
Sharankhola Upazila (Acting) President Rahima Akhter said: “At first, nobody paid attention to this issue. It has now come to the attention of the administration.
Sharankhola Upazila Nirbahi’s Officer Sardar Mostafa Shahin said: “His office has been sealed and the sign has been removed. Action will be taken if these illegal activities take place in Sharankhola.
Defendant A. Samad Hawlader said: ‘I am the owner of the land in this area according to the documents of the zamindari period and the court order. Everyone has to take the land settlement away from me.
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