The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed two private companies to maintain status quo on construction of structures in and around Bhitorgarh fort in Panchagarh for next six months.
The companies --- Assort Plus Limited and Selilan T & State Limited--- are reportedly constructing structures in the perimeter of the archeological site of Bhitorgarh fort and its adjacent area.
In response to a writ petition, the HC also issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks why it should not be directed to declare the site as protected antiquity and to publish it in a gazette notification.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also asked the government in the rule to explain why it should not be directed to protect and maintain the Bhitorgarh fort.
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) on Monday filed the writ petition as public interest litigation seeking necessary directives from the HC on the government to protect and maintain the historic place.
The organisation filed the petition following a newspaper report saying that the construction of structures by two private companies has been affecting the archeological site.
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