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Madhya Pradesh burial grounds illegally usurped
By RxPG News Service,
Nov 24, 2006 - 2:33:32 PM
Bhopal, Nov 24 - Large tracts of Muslim burial land in Madhya Pradesh have been illegally take over, but the state Waqf Board finds itself helpless to get back the land due to legal complications.
The board has received complaints related to land worth millions of rupees and earmarked for burial being encroached upon, officials said.
On Tuesday, the Waqf, which looks after burial grounds, got three complaints - two from Raisen district and one from Katni.
A group of people from Badi village in Raisen district told the state Waqf Board office here about the situation in their village.
'People, including anti-social elements, have usurped large tracts of burial ground and no action is being taken against them despite several complaints to the administration,' said Sohail Hashmi, a man.
'A complaint has also been sent to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chohan but no action has been taken,' he said.
The problem is apparently not confined to Badi village alone. Burial land has also been encroached upon in nearby Gairatganj and other places.
A similar complaint has come from Katni. The situation in Bhopal too is no different. Large portions of several burial grounds have been encroached upon.
'We are trying to get them vacated,' said Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board administrator Omar Farukh Khattani. But as of now, none of the land has again come into the possession of the Waqf authorities.
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