Desk Report
Published: 31 Jan 2022, 11:51 pm
Photo: Collected
The government has withdrawn two officials
of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park with a view to conducting a fair probe
into the deaths of zebras at the park located in Sreepur, Gazipur.
The officer-in-charge of the
safari park, assistant forest conservator Tabibur Rahman, and veterinary
officer Dr Hatem Sajjad Md Zulkarnain were withdrawn today and attached to the
Forest Department, said a press release of the Environment, Forest and Climate
Change Ministry.
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, assistant
conservator of forests, Faridpur; and Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, veterinary
surgeon, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Dulahajra, Cox's Bazar; have
been given new responsibilities in the Sreepur safari park.
A process continues to withdraw
the project director of the safari park Md Zahidul Kabir, the release said.
On Jan 26, 2022, the ministry formed
a five-member committee to probe the deaths of nine zebras at Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
The committee members are: Additional
Secretary of the ministry Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik (convener), deputy secretary
Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury (member-secretary), Professor and head of the
Department of Zoology at Jahangirnagar University Dr Mohammad Monirul Hasan
Khan, Conservator of Forest Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle, Dhaka, and
former chief veterinary officer of Central Veterinary Hospital Dr ABM
Shahidullah.
The probe body has been asked to
submit its report to the ministry within 10 working days by identifying the
real cause behind the deaths of the zebras and with necessary recommendations
to prevent recurrence of such incidents.