Ruining Fields for Fishing, Converting Ponds to Land: How Shahjahan Sheikh Toyed With Sandeshkhali Ecology
According to locals, political heavyweights like TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh and his aides Shibu Hazra and Uttam Sardar overran large swathes of agricultural land, converting them into fishing ponds and drained several ponds to convert them into land. Some say they armed young teens with guns to assist in the land grabbing operations
