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Truck with plundered trees seized in Tangail

A truck loaded with logs of Sal trees on the premises of the forest department office in Tangail. Officials seized the truck in Karatia yesterday and arrested seven for illegally cutting down forest trees. Photo: Collected

Foresters yesterday seized a truck loaded with 150 Sal trees in Karatia area of Tangail and arrested seven in this connection.

The arrestees are Ripon Haji, 50, of Dhandhania village, Abdul Hamid, 50, of Betua village, Julhas Khan, 45, Md Siraj, 28, and Shafiqul Islam, 25, of Kachua village in Sakhipur upazila, Dipok Das, 30, of Fulki village in Basail upazila of Tangail, and Ohidul Islam, 38, of Anayetnagar village under Fatullah upazila in Narayanganj.

Acting on a tip off, the forest officials seized the truck loaded with the Sal logs at Faria Cinema in Karatia in the early hours yesterday, said Harun-or-Rashid Khan, divisional forest officer in Tangail.

The truck was escorted by a car, he said, adding that the officials also seized the car and arrested three people in it. The four others were arrested in the truck, he said.

The foresters quizzed the arrestees but could not learn immediately from where the logs came and where they were heading to, he added.

The arrestees were produced before a court in Tangail after filing a case against them, the DFO informed.

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Truck with plundered trees seized in Tangail

A truck loaded with logs of Sal trees on the premises of the forest department office in Tangail. Officials seized the truck in Karatia yesterday and arrested seven for illegally cutting down forest trees. Photo: Collected

Foresters yesterday seized a truck loaded with 150 Sal trees in Karatia area of Tangail and arrested seven in this connection.

The arrestees are Ripon Haji, 50, of Dhandhania village, Abdul Hamid, 50, of Betua village, Julhas Khan, 45, Md Siraj, 28, and Shafiqul Islam, 25, of Kachua village in Sakhipur upazila, Dipok Das, 30, of Fulki village in Basail upazila of Tangail, and Ohidul Islam, 38, of Anayetnagar village under Fatullah upazila in Narayanganj.

Acting on a tip off, the forest officials seized the truck loaded with the Sal logs at Faria Cinema in Karatia in the early hours yesterday, said Harun-or-Rashid Khan, divisional forest officer in Tangail.

The truck was escorted by a car, he said, adding that the officials also seized the car and arrested three people in it. The four others were arrested in the truck, he said.

The foresters quizzed the arrestees but could not learn immediately from where the logs came and where they were heading to, he added.

The arrestees were produced before a court in Tangail after filing a case against them, the DFO informed.

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হাসিনা-জয়ের বিরুদ্ধে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে ৩০০ মিলিয়ন ডলার পাচারের অভিযোগ তদন্ত করবে দুদক

এর আগে শেখ হাসিনা, তার বোন শেখ রেহানা, ছেলে সজীব ওয়াজেদ জয় এবং রেহানার মেয়ে টিউলিপ সিদ্দিকের বিরুদ্ধে নয়টি প্রকল্পে ৮০ হাজার কোটি টাকার অনিয়ম ও দুর্নীতির অভিযোগ তদন্তের সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় দুদক।

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