According to locals, his immigrant merchant family had come to the village from present-day Kuwait which was a major centre of trade in the Arabian Peninsula, his ancestor had come to make a fortune through commerce and trade with Bengal, and had settled in Atlia village after marrying a local Bengali woman.
Ashu Mohan Sheikh's ancestor had most of the forest cleared and settling in Atlia village due to the relatively low salinity and elevation of the land and abundance of fish in the area, this was beneficial when it came to increasing his influence in trade through other options when settling in a foreign country .
Once the British lord asked the zamindar of Narail to pay forty-seven kalshis of ghee as rent.
Ashu Mohan Sheikh arrived at Narail Zamindar's house in a boat with forty-seven pots of ghee.
Ashu Mohan Sheikh started the tradition of slaughtering cows on the Eid of Qurbani with permission from the zamindar of Narail.