A case has been filed against 1,500 people over the looting of stones from Sylhet’s popular tourist spot ‘Sada Pathor’.
Mohammad Anwarul Habib, director general (joint secretary) of the Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD), filed the case with Companiganj police station on Friday afternoon, August 15.
The police station’s officer-in-charge, Uzayer Al Mahmud Adnan, confirmed the matter on Saturday morning, August 16.
Five individuals have been detained in a drive in connection with the looting, he said.
The large-scale looting of stones caused a nationwide uproar recently, prompting the High Court to issue an order to recover and reinstall the looted stones and submit a list of suspected people involved in it to the court.
Later, joint forces including police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) launched a drive and recovered a total of 1,09,000 cubic feet of looted stones from Jaflong and Sada Pathor areas.
Among these, 40,000 cubic feet of stones were recovered from Narayanganj.
Besides, RAB recovered a large volume of stones from Asampur area under Jaintapur Police Station in Sylhet.
With inputs from UNB.