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The white stone statue was in the middle of a fountain in front of the lodge.

In Chattogram, the Sheikh Russel Aviary and Eco-Park at Rangunia upazila was vandalised and looted for two consecutive days by miscreants following Hasina’s resignation.

“Around 500 miscreants entered the park on Monday evening and vandalised everything in several phases till Tuesday night,” said Nahid Hasan, in charge of the park and a forester of Chattogram South Forest Division.

They took away around 350 birds and two deer. Hasan said the miscreants also beat up six employees of the park and looted cable cars, tables, chairs, computers, electronic items, and documents. They set fire to various structures within the park.

Videos and photos showed some looters taking away a deer tied with ropes.

They vandalised the control box of the cable car and set fire to the office room of the park.

“We returned to the park on Wednesday with Army shelter. Currently, we have closed the park as per higher official directive,” Hasan said. The park was opened for tourists in 2013.

Abdullah Al Mamun, divisional forest officer of the Chattogram South Forest Division, told this newspaper that they are yet to estimate the amount of damage.