Land registration stops as sub-registrar jailed

Land registration in two upazilas under the district has remained suspended as the sub-registrar of Parbatipur upazila, also in charge of the work in Ghoraghat upazila, got one month's imprisonment by a mobile court for gambling on Friday.
The sub-registrar, Khalilur Rahman went to his home district Kurigram on Thursday, said sources of the district land registry office.
On Friday night, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Mizanur Rahman raided a club in Nageswari upazila of Kurigram.
Finding seven people including Khalilur Rahman gambling there, the mobile court awarded one month's imprisonment to each and sent them to jail the same night, officials said.   
"Kalilur Rahman, who joined Parbatipur on March 18 in 2013, was covering Ghoraghat upazila as additional charge. Now land registration activities here have remained halted due to his imprisonment," said Foyzar Rahman, office assistant of Parbatipur land registry office.
Confirming the matter, Ranjit Singh, district land registrar of Dinajpur, said, "We have already informed the high officials in Dhaka of the incident to take departmental action against the convicted sub-registrar."
Abdul Gafur, a deed writer of Parbatipur land registry office, said around 200 deed writers in the upazila are now passing idle time as sale, purchase and handing over of land have remained suspended due to imprisonment of the sub-registrar.
Same is the condition of nearly 200 deed writers in Ghoraghat upazila.