DHAKA, Feb 2, 2022 (BSS) - Mollah Rezaul Karim, conservator of
forests (wildlife and nature conservation, Dhaka zone), has been given
the responsibility of project director at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Safari Park in Gazipur, in addition to his own duties.
Mollah has been made the project director of the "Approach Road
Widening and Other Infrastructure Development Project (2nd Amendment)
of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, according to a notification
issued today by the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry.
Mollah Rezaul Karim replaced Md Zahidul Kabir, former project
director of the safari park.
Earlier, on January 31, the government withdrew two officials of the
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Zulkarnain were withdrawn and attached to the Forest Department.
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, assistant conservator of forests, Faridpur;
and Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, veterinary surgeon, Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujib Safari Park, Dulahajra, Cox's Bazar; were given new
responsibilities in the Sreepur safari park.
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 were: Additional Secretary of the ministry
Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik (convener), deputy secretary Mohammad Abdul Wadud
Chowdhury (member-secretary), professor and head of the Zoology
Department 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.
