Two workers killed
Two workers were killed in a landslide at an illegal stone quarry in Shah Arefin Tila area in Bholaganj of Sylhet's Companiganj upazila yesterday afternoon.
The dead were identified as Sona Miah, 25, and Nurul Haque, 30, from Dakshin Sunamganj upazila in Sunamganj.
Tajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Companiganj Police Station, said the bodies were buried under a huge pile of earth and would be recovered this morning.
Meanwhile, illegal stone quarry workers yesterday attacked a taskforce during a special drive in the upazila and injured 15 men, including BGB men, and railway and upazila administration staffers.
The taskforce was formed with the inclusion of the administration, BGB and police to stop illegal stone extraction from Companiganj and Gowainghat upazilas.
Bijen Banerjee, upazila nirbahi officer of Companiganj, said, “The taskforce started a drive in the upazila in the afternoon. Within hours, some miscreants, influenced by illegal stone traders, launched an attack on the members of the taskforce.
“In the attack, 15 men were injured. Two of them are in critical condition. We are trying to find the identity of the attackers and a case will be filed soon,” he said.
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