-125,900 cubic feet of stone was seized in operation
Bichanakandi in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet is one of the country's tourist centers. The main beauty stone of the Bichanakandi tourist center is no more. After Awami League President Sheikh Hasina fled the country on August 5, about 6 million (sixty lakh) cubic feet of stone were looted from Bichanakandi Zero Point and adjacent areas. The Gowainghat Upazila administration is vigilant by the theft of the main beauty stone of the Bichanakandi tourist center, which was built around stones.
Sources said that on the verbal order of Gowainghat Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Saidul Islam, Towakul Union Land Assistant Officer Ruhul Amin filed a case with Gowainghat Police Station on October 30. The case states that approximately 60 (sixty) lakh cubic feet of stone were stolen from the Bichanakandi tourist center and its adjacent areas. The main accused is Harun Mia, son of Abdus Chattar of Bheribil village of Rustumpur union of the upazila, and 23 people have been named in the complaint.
In addition, 50/60 other unknown accused have been named in the case. The plaintiff in the case, Towakul Union Land Assistant Officer Ruhul Amin, mentioned in the complaint that the miscreants started stealing stones in the unstable environment created from 4 pm on August 5 and regularly stole about 6 million cubic feet of stone from the Bichanakandi tourist center and its adjacent areas until October 23. Later, on the verbal order of Assistant Commissioner (Land) Saidul Islam, a written complaint was filed with the Gowainghat police station on October 30 regarding the theft of 6 million cubic feet of stone, and a case was registered with the Gowainghat police station on the same day. Case No. 45/276. After a case of stone theft was registered at the police station, an estimated 125,900 cubic feet of stone was seized in a task force operation in the Bichanakandi border area led by Gowainghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Md Touhidul Islam on November 3.
In this regard, Gowainghat Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sarkar Tofail said that the police will soon enter the field to arrest the accused in the stone theft case. Gowainghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Touhidul Islam said that an estimated 125,900 cubic feet of stone was seized in the operation of the task force lying in various villages in the Bichnakandi border area.
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