Pabna Correspondent: Idris Mallik (55) borrowed about 7.5 lakh taka from usury traders in the weaving business. He is running away without being able to pay the interest. And to collect that money, the usurers forcibly evicted his old mother, Ramesha Begum (90), from Idris’s house and locked her in the house.
Such an inhumane incident happened in Tarabaria Karigarpara village of Chartarapur Union of Pabna Sadar Upazila. On Tuesday (October 17) afternoon, the local UP chairman broke the lock and took the old woman to her house.
Going to that house on Tuesday afternoon, it was seen that the old woman, Ramesha Begum, the wife of deceased Raihan Mallick, a resident of the village, was sitting in front of the door of her son Idris’s house. The tin house has three rooms. Two rooms belong to his son. The old woman, Ramesha, lives in another room. Three rooms are locked. Neither his son Idris nor his wife and children are at home.
When asked to know, the old lady, Ramesha Begum, complained that her son, Idris, took money from three people on interest. That money does not pay. I don’t know where the boy ran away. Meanwhile, Khalil, Raich, and Dulal came home last Monday (October 16) morning and asked for money. I say go to him; you gave the money to the boy. You did not come to me when you gave me the money. Why are you asking me for money now? Later, they say, Get out of the house; I will lock the house. Saying this, I was forced out of the room and locked. Later, I told the chairman.
Meanwhile, in the afternoon, Chartarapur UP Chairman Siddiqur Rahman, along with two other UP members of his council, went to the old woman’s house. At that time, in the presence of relatives and other people, the old lady, Ramesha Begum, was brought home by breaking the lock. I assured him that he would live at home. At that time, he also gave some cash and financial assistance to the old woman.
Ramesha Khatun’s younger son, Golam Mostafa, said that they were four brothers and two sisters. Idris Ali Mejho, brother Weaving business. He has four handloom factories. A few years ago, due to business, he borrowed a lot of money from Khalil Hossain, Raich Uddin, and Dulal Hossain, residents of Madrasa Para in the same village. I can’t pay interest now. Usury traders are pressing for their money. Running away from home because of that fear. I don’t know where it went. On Monday morning, the three came and locked the house. We didn’t stop if he was beaten.
Abdul Alim, a member of the local number two ward UP, said that the incident of locking his old mother out of the house without getting her son interest money is an inhumane incident. There is turmoil in many families due to usurious traders. We prohibit them from trading interest at various times. But they do these things secretly. Those who take money on interest need to be aware.
Chartarapur UP Chairman Siddiqur Rahman Khan said the old woman told me the incident while going home from the council in the afternoon. That’s when I went to that house and got the truth about the incident. Such work for interest money is not acceptable in any way. I quickly broke the lock and brought it home. If there is any problem, I told you to let me know. The interest business has entered the village in such a way that it is the demand of the time to resist them. I would like to draw the attention of the administration and seek their cooperation so that we can stop the interest business.
I talked about this with three usurers, Khalil Hossain, Raich Uddin, and Dulal Hossain, residents of Tarabaria Madrasa Para. They denied lending money on interest and said that Idris Mallik took a total of Tk 740,000 for the mortgage of land from three of them. He neither returns the money nor the land. Now we need money. Who will pay? He ran away from home. So I forced myself to go to Idris’ house and lock his room.
Therefore, in response to the question of whether it was right to lock the old mother out of the house, they said it was not right. We know the house belongs to Idris. However, the chairman broke the lock. Well done.
I tried to contact Idris Ali, the weaver trader, in this regard, but he could not be found. As he was absconding and his mobile number was switched off, it was not possible to get a statement.
