Although more than 120 hills have vanished from the port city in four decades, no one has been put behind the bar for the offence in the last 20 years, thanks to legal loopholes.
An executive magistrate and at least four police personnel were injured after influential locals attacked a mobile court team on their way back after eviction at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon
Over the years, Chattogram's Jungle Salimpur and surrounding areas have become home to migrants from different districts of the country, taking a toll on the environment, with 400 acres of hills disappearing in 15 years.
Police filed six cases last night (August 23, 2022) with Sitakunda police station in Chattogram in connection with the violence on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.