15 Jhau trees felled by miscreants
Miscreants cut down 15 Jhau (tamarisk) trees at a private recreational centre, Progoti Park, at Chalk Enayetpur village in Bagha upazila early yesterday.
Rezwanul Haq, caretaker of the park, said a number of unidentified persons cut down the trees sometimes between 12:30am and 300am.
He said the miscreants left the park at around 3:00am when night guard Jamat Ali raised an alarm sensing the presence of the miscreants.
They also damaged a vegetable field near the park, he said.
Feroz Ahmed, owner of the park, filed a case with Bagha Police Station in this connection.
He said his father Abdul Jalil Mondol developed the park in 1996 and now it gets hundreds of visitors a day.
Ali Ahmed Hashmi, OC of the police station, said police have started investigating the incident.
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