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From: Pradip Bhattacharya, I.A.S.
Assistant Magistrate & Collector, Malda
Page 163 of 163
To: The District Magistrate and Collector, Malda
Subject : Enquiry regarding allegations in respect of payment of G.P. Loans
in Kaliachak-I Block, under order No. 164 dt. 29/7/72.
22 nd Sept. 72
Sir,
In pursuance of your orders I held spot enquiries at the Block Office where the
petitioner and his witnesses were heard in great detail, on 3 rd and 7 th August, 6 th and 7 th
September, and finally on 21 st Sept. 1972. The findings arrived at are as follows:-
1. The entire case of the petitioner rests on a list of C.P. loanees he had obtained from Sri
Kalimuddin Ahmed, Pradhan of Nauda-Jadupur Anchal, through Sri Belal Hossain the
Local Congress Committee Secretary. This list, which is one of the attached documents,
contains 93 names among which is one “Salam SK. s/o Tinkari Mondal of Sukdebpur”
(sl.82). The petitioner, Shah Alam Sk. s/o Tinkari Mondal of Sukdebpur, not having
received any loan nor having applied for any, applied in writing to the B.D.O. three times
in July 1972 for causing enquiry to be made into the loans.
On investigation it was found that no loan case in the name of Salam Sk. or Shah
Alam Sk. has been sanctioned, nor does any application exist.
Now, the Gram Sewak, Sri Anil Baran Sen, states that the BDO asked him to enquire
into the proper receipt of C. P. loan money by 4 persons, namely: Salam Sk., Helu Sk. (sl.85),
Hafizuddin (sl.79) s/o Abdul Latif of Jadupur, and Safiruddin Sk. s/o Chakku Sk. of
Dariyapur or Khikirboma. Sri Sen repeatedly affirmed that the had been given these 4 cases,
the applications & forms complete, and had returned them to the office after finding out that
no such persons as Salam Sk. and Safiruddin Sk. exist, that Hafizuddin is not a resident of
Jadupur village and has no land there, and that Helu Sk. had not received any C.P. loan
money though the application and the forms showed otherwise.
Now the question arises where did the applications & completed forms of Helu Sk.,
Salam Sk., and Hafizuddin go? The Head Clerk explained that he did not ever check the
names on the applications he gave to the G.S. for enquiry, so he could not be sure whether the
G.S. had returned the originals to him or any freshly made-out cases of the same amount. The
BDO disclaimed any knowledge of any fresh bonds, or any bonds in these names.
The petitioner produced several witnesses, of whom Md. Soleman Haji and Md.
Yunus Salim of Jadupur, asserted solemnly that when the enquiry was made by the G.S. some
2/3 months back, Helu Sk. had not got any loan. They were sure of this since Helu Sk. was
their neighbour. And yet on the application there was an LTI shown as Helu’s. The identifier,
Neajuddin, was called and shown the application, and he denied that the signature of the
identifier was his. The G.S. also asserted that the application he then had for enquiry purposes
had an LTI of the loanee, and that the application available at present in the office with
Helu’s signature was not the original one. Helu Sk. stated that he was paid the loan only a
few months back after he had lodged a complaint with the BDO on hearing that he was
supposed to have applied for and got the loan, though he had actually not even applied. Md.
Habibuddin, the identifier in Helu Sk’s present available application, stated that the money
was given to Helu Sk. only in the last week of July, and that the date was falsely shown at
6/1/72.
It was also alleged by the petitioners that to cover up the fiasco regarding the “Salam
Sk” application, a fresh one was made out in favour of one Nazir Hossain. Nazir Hossain said
that he applied for CP loan only 1 1 /2 months back from now, i.e. July, on being asked by Sisir