Case filed against PWD contractor over felling trees illegally
The five-member probe committee measuring the total cubic feet of illegally cut trees during their visit to the Uttara Gonobhaban premises on October 19, 2017. This was the second working day of the committee and they have already discovered more discrepancies than previously reported. Photo: Bulbul Ahmed
Uttara Ganobhaban management committee today filed a case accusing a contractor of the Public Works Department (PWD) for felling trees illegally in Natore town.
M Mamtaz Ali, an official of Natore’s deputy commissioner (DC) office, filed the case against Sohel Faysal tonight, our local correspondent reports quoting Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Natore’s Sadar Police Station.
Police are raiding in different areas to arrest accused Sohel, OC Mashiur said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Yesterday, the housing and public works ministry sent a letter to the deputy commissioner of Natore asking to file a case against a PWD contractor in connection with the incident.
Earlier the committee, which has been formed to investigate the felling of trees on Uttara Gonobhaban premises in Natore's Dighapatia, found that a large number of trees and branches had been cut down illegally.
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