Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, Feb 9: Victimized by the system, a poor and hapless family whose land has been forcibly grabbed by another family at Bera village of Mendhar in district Poonch has gone on hunger strike.
Eight members of the family headed by Fazal Hussain, son of Mithu, resident of Bera, reached at Shahidi Yadgar Mendhar in the middle of the town and started hunger strike. They kept sitting there to lodge their protest against the Divisional Administr-ation, Tehsildar and police for their failure to provide them justice.
Fazal Hussain claimed that he had purchased 12 kanal and 9 marla land during 1989 under Khasra No. 688 at Bera from one Mohd Din, son of Qadra. That family later settled at Narian in Chingus ( Rajouri) along with son Mohd Shafi. He said that land was duly got registered in the Court at Mendhar.
About few months back one Mohd Aziz, relative of Mohd Din is claiming that land belonged to them. He with the connivance of some lower level Revenue staff broke their wall and raised two structures. They moved to Naib Tehsildar, Tehsildar and even SHO for the intervention but nobody helped. That family has now raised another structure on their land. He said that proper land record was produced before the Revenue officials. No action was taken against the accused land grabber. He alleged that no senior official from Mendhar visited them at the dharna site.
DC Poonch, MH Malik when contacted said that matter was not in his knowledge. Malik said that he would direct the SDM Mendhar to visit to the dharna site and talk to the family. The DC said that he will ask SDM Sher Singh to hold inquiry into the matter and submit report within two days. He said that structures will be removed if found raised illegally.
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