Khulna (South) Correspondent :
Eleven boats laden with ‘sundari wood’ and goalpata were seized from the East Sundarbans and the boats were kept at Betbunia Kheya Ghat in Paikgachha upazila area of Khulna for the last five days due to mysterious reason. Some influential persons are trying to release the boats by giving so -called fine, it is alleged.
Sources said, members of Coast Guard of Nolian office seized 11 boats laden with Sundari wood and goalpata from the east Sundarbans on Monday while 17 boats were going towards Paikgachha after collecting sundari wood and goalpata from sundarbans violating rules.
Members of coastguard asked to stop them but 6 of them fled away and the rest 11 boats were seized as they were going with engine-run trawlers which are illegal, according to the members of coastguard. Out of the seized boats, owners of 2 boats are of Latif Gazi of Dhamrail in Paikgachha
upazila, 3 of Montu gazi, Robiul Sana, Titu Sana and Nizam Sana of the same area and 6 boats are of Moslem Morol, Mizan Gazi, Abdur Rahman Sardar, Yunus Biswas, Anis Biswas and another one of Fatehpur area.
Eleven boats laden with ‘sundari wood’ and goalpata were seized from the East Sundarbans and the boats were kept at Betbunia Kheya Ghat in Paikgachha upazila area of Khulna for the last five days due to mysterious reason. Some influential persons are trying to release the boats by giving so -called fine, it is alleged.
Sources said, members of Coast Guard of Nolian office seized 11 boats laden with Sundari wood and goalpata from the east Sundarbans on Monday while 17 boats were going towards Paikgachha after collecting sundari wood and goalpata from sundarbans violating rules.
Members of coastguard asked to stop them but 6 of them fled away and the rest 11 boats were seized as they were going with engine-run trawlers which are illegal, according to the members of coastguard. Out of the seized boats, owners of 2 boats are of Latif Gazi of Dhamrail in Paikgachha
upazila, 3 of Montu gazi, Robiul Sana, Titu Sana and Nizam Sana of the same area and 6 boats are of Moslem Morol, Mizan Gazi, Abdur Rahman Sardar, Yunus Biswas, Anis Biswas and another one of Fatehpur area.
