<i>Trees fall victim to land dispute</i>
Criminals have cut down around 600 trees on two acres of disputed land at Radhanagar village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district.
The trees, destroyed during the callous act early Friday, include three to five year old mahogany, epil epil, mango, guava and banana trees, said police and locals.
Locals said Gobinda Chandra Sen and Swapan Chandra Sen of Radhanagar inherited the piece of land from their father but Ramzan Ali of adjacent Kadirpara village occupied the land with the help of some local BNP leaders in 2003 and planted trees there.
Swapan later filed a case, which is still under trial at a local court, sources said.
“Gobinda and Swapan owned the land but Ramzan along with some dishonest people occupied it when the BNP-led four-party alliance was in power,” said a local teacher requesting anonymity.
The teacher however could not say anything about the people involved in tree felling.
Contacted, Swapan said Ramzan fled the village after cutting down the trees.
Ramzan could not be reached for his comment as he left the area after the incident.
Police is trying to find out the culprits responsible for tree felling, said Sreepur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Azizul Haque.
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