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Five councilors of the city corporation have been criticized for eating wild bird meat at a dinner at a restaurant in Haripur in Jaintapur upazila de Sylhet after it went viral on social media Facebook.
A two-minute, nine-second Facebook live video uploaded at 11:10 last night shows them all dining on Dahuk poultry meat. Sylhet City Corporation Panel Mayor and Councilor for District 26 Mohammad Tawfiq Box, Councilor for District 11 Rakibul Islam Jhalak, Councilor for District 8 Iliashur Rahman, Councilor for District 18 Abdul Muhith Jabed and Councilor for District 10 Mahjorem Tarek Raihan Ahmed, a businessman, Video uploader and expat from the United States, attended the dinner.
According to the Bangladesh Wildlife (Conservation and Safety) Act 2012, buying or selling any migratory birds or birds or meat is a crime. The law provides for a prison term of six months or a fine of up to Rs 30,000. According to the law’s schedule, the country’s local wild bird, Dhalabuk Dahuk, is included on the ban list.
However, wild and guest birds are freely sold at various restaurants including Taru Mia Hotel, Old Driver Hotel, Bismillah Hotel located on Haripur Bazar Sylhet-Tamabil Highway in Jaintapur Upazila.
Although the video clearly shows the birds eating, five councilors have denied the accusations. When I asked them about this, they told me to eat two laughing meats, one goose, one khasir, one fish, and one chicken.
Among them is Councilor Tareq The daily starKe said: ‘They ate at the old driver’s restaurant in Haripur and saw birds being sold there. But he did not eat poultry.
When Raihan Ahmed wanted to know about this on his mobile phone, he cut the phone line and could not be reached later. He deleted the video from his Facebook account around 12 noon on Saturday. However The daily starYou have a copy of the video and a screenshot to upload to Facebook.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) The daily starKe said: ‘The answer to why the sale of poultry in Haripur restaurants is not stopped can be found in this video. If those who are involved with the law are your regular shoppers, then restaurant owners’ conscience will be of no use.
“It’s not just a lack of respect for the law, it’s callous,” he said. The forest department must take immediate action through a mobile court based on this video. And councilors must abide by the law and seek power, so that no one else is motivated to go there.
ASM Zahir Uddin Akon, Director, Wildlife Crime Suppression Unit, Forest Department The daily starK said: “We conduct operations based on specific information. We do not know about the sale of birds in Haripur.
He also said: “The councilors are representatives of the people, they must abide by the law. But nobody is above the law. If they have broken the law, legal action should be taken against them.
