- Total Lunar Eclipse to Be Visible Sunday Night |
- 5 killed when bus plunged in Laxmipur canal |
- Dhaka loses $1.48 bn annually in remittance outflows: NALA |
- 2 killed as bus hits CNG near Hanif Flyover, Jatrabari |
- Fourth-Generation Nuclear Survivor Urges Global Justice |
73 BNP men sued over sand extraction from Feni river
A case has been filed accusing 73 leaders and activists of BNP for extracting sand legally from the Boro Feni River and grabbing government land to establish fishery projects in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district.
Md Belayet Hossain, acting land assistant officer of Amirabad union under the upazila, filed the case naming 18 people and 50–55 unidentified ones with Sonagazi Model Police Station on Wednesday night.
Some of the accused were former general secretary of Amirabad Union BNP Nuruzzaman, former joint vice presidents of the district Jubo Dal Mahiuddin Mahim, Nur Alam, Nizam Uddin, Mirsharai BNP leader Sheikh Farid Member, district Chhatra Dal members Shariful Islam Rana, Munshi, Jubo Dal executive committee members Mohammad Masud, Aziz Member, Shahjahan Saju, Haque Sahab, Chhatra Dal leaders Nur Alam Shamim, Masud, and Nizam Hazarir’s nephew Haidar Ali Masud Bhuiyan.
According to the case statement, the accused extracted sand and soil illegally from Ragunathpur and Mobarakhghona riverbanks in Nawabpur Union from August 14 to 29 and set up fishery projects on government land, reports UNB.
Officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Model Police Station Bayezid Akon said legal action will be taken upon investigation.