Plunderers fell 80 trees
Tree 'plunderers' cut down at least 80 Mahogany trees in broad daylight at Jora Mondir near Murolir Moar (intersection) area in the outskirts of the town on Friday. Police yesterday recovered 35 trees from the spot. Land owners Anowar Hossain, Monower Hossain and Sanowar Hossain said, being informed by people they rushed to the spot at about 11:00 am on Friday and saw about 30/35 labourers engaged in felling the Mahogany trees from their land. Failing to stop them they informed the matter to the police. Police came to the spot and stopped the plundering but by that time they had already cut down about 80 trees. The alleged plunderers, including Mizanur Rahman Mizan of Chanchara Roypara, Mozaffar Hossain Fonta, Shamim, Tarikul, Hira Ahmad and Fazlu of Jora Mondir area, claimed that they had purchased the trees from one Rozina Khatun. However, they failed to show any documents in this regard to the police. Police recovered 35 trees while being taken to a saw mill. The land owners later filed a complaint with Jessore Kotwali police station. The owners of the land have been living in Bokchar area, about half a kilometre away from the tree garden, for at last five decades. They said, their father Kitab Ali planted about 120 Mahogany trees on the 40 decimal land about 15 year ago.
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