HC blasts Rangpur DC for failure to evict brick kilns

A High Court Division on Wednesday came down heavily Rangpurs Divisional Commissioner Md Zakir Hossain for his failure to remove all 812 of the unlawful brick kilns within the division in defiance of its order.

"The divisional commissioner of Rangpur has failed to comply with the directive of this court, which is an inefficiency on his part", the HC bench comprising Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil came up with the comments after scrutinising a compliance report submitted by the commissioner in line with its earlier orders.

Later, the HC bench ordered the divisional commissioner to explain the failure to implement its directive, to take necessary steps to comply with the directive and to submit a compliance report before it in two weeks.

The HC bench also fixed May 30 for further hearing and passing order on this matter.