Archive · 31 Jul 2025
Complaint Filed Over Illegal Brick Unit on Government Land
Imagine someone built a factory on land that doesn't belong to them.
That's what happened in this story.
A man named Ziaul Sheikh allegedly built a brick-making factory on government-owned land.
The government found out and filed a police report.
They also put up a sign saying the land is theirs.
Ziaul's father, a local political leader, says his son got the land legally, but the government is investigating.
The police are looking into the situation to decide what should happen.
A state land department filed a police complaint regarding illegal land encroachment.
Ziaul Sheikh, son of a local TMC leader, allegedly set up a brick unit on government land.
The brick unit is located in Ausgram, East Burdwan, on a 72-decimal plot.
Land officials installed a board declaring the land as government property.
The TMC block president claims his son acquired land from a sharecropper with a deed.
- Who
- Ziaul Sheikh, son of Indazul Sheikh, the block president of Trinamul Congress, is the alleged encroacher.
- What
- A police complaint was lodged after a brick manufacturing unit was set up on government land.
- When
- The police complaint was filed recently, with the board installed on Saturday.
- Where
- Ausgram, East Burdwan, along the Guskara–Ilambazar Road.
- Why
- To seek legal action against the alleged land encroachment.
Government's View
Accused's View
Land Ownership
Government's View
Illegal land encroachment.
Accused's View
Land acquired from a sharecropper with a deed.
- Alleged Encroacher
- Ziaul Sheikh
- Location
- Ausgram, East Burdwan
- Land Size
- 72-decimal plot
- Complaint Filed By
- State Land and Land Revenue Department
- Political Connection
- Indazul Sheikh, TMC Block President, father of the accused.