Dhaka, April 23 -- The High Court (HC) directed to form a judiciary body to find out the accused involved with cutting off topsoil from croplands for selling it to brick kilns in Satkania upazila of Chattogram Tuesday.

The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Md Atabullah also ordered Chattogram Chief Judicial Magistrate to submit a report within one month in this regard.

The court passed the order on Tuesday when Chattogram Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, Satkania Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Satkania police station's Officer-in-Charge virtually joined the HC to explain as to why the cutting off topsoil from croplands in the upazila was going on despite an HC restriction issued earlier.

The HC also ordered the aut...