Lottery trade in the name of Ananda Mela in Madhupur

Published :11 January, 2018
Gono Biplob
Report

Abdullah Al Masud, Staff Reporter:

Lottery trade in the name of Ananda Mela in Madhupur upazila in Tangail District.

Hundreds of thousands of hands are being taken everyday. The daily Sugandha Raffle Draw is being sold in the sub-divisional points of the upazila. The sale of these tickets is seen in 50-odd mobile booths in the nearby areas of Neighborhood in the upazila. Although these tickets were sold publicly, the police administration was silent for the mysterious reasons. The raffle draw was held in the field of Akashi village in the upazila.
It has been learned that the lottery game started from Monday (January 8th) in the Akashi village of Upazila on the occasion of on Jan 20 organized by the Bangabandhu Club. Commissioner of Madhupur municipalityUnder the leadership of Humayun Kabir, this lottery will be run till 8 February. Locals complained about the opportunity to trade in the lottery due to Officer Incharge’s good relations with the drug and gambling controller Humayun Kabib of the upazila.


Hundreds of workers are selling kupans in different markets, ghetto, for the lucrative promotion of 36 attractive prizes including motorcycles, refrigerators, gold Jewelery, color televisions. In the fair, the mixed statement of the organizers and administration was obtained by allowing the sale of the kupan. Police said the Deputy Commissioner and the Police Super Lottery were allowed, but the organizers said they are going to Tangail to get permission from the Deputy Commissioner.

In this regard lottery seller Ashraful Islam said, I came from Jamalpur to Madhupur to sell lottery. The lottery sales here have gained huge popularity. As a beggar, I bought 5 lottery tickets.

Ananda Mela organizer A Bari Babul said, races have been held in Akashi for the last 10 years. Anand Mela runs from 15 days before the races. The merchants and vendors of Other districts buy and sell the fair.

Lottery organizer municipal commissioner Humayun Kabir said, Mayor of the municipality, chairman of Upazila Parishad, S.P and DC all gave permission for the lottery.

Asked to sell the lottery in the name of fair, Officer-in-charge of Madhupur Police Station, Shafiqul Islam said, the permission was not received from me, but the organizers got permission from the DC-SP.

Tangail Deputy Commissioner Khan Mohammad  Nurul Amin said that Clownish tradition can be allowed to race, race and boat, but there is no scope to allow lottery or gambling in the fair. He said, if Madhupur is playing an illegal lottery in the name of the fair, the action will be taken.

error: Content is protected !!