The Ministry of Youth and Sports formed a four-member probe committee yesterday, to investigate the boundary wall collapse at the newly-constructed Sylhet Divisional Stadium.
The committee has been given three working days to submit its report to the ministry after the completion of the inquiry.
According to police, the wall collapsed yesterday at 2am near the Chaptal workers’ colony of Lukkatura tea garden, due to heavy downpour.
The incident killed three members of the same family – Jahed, his sister Nasima Akhter and nephew Ruhul.
In a press release, Shafiqul Islam, the ministry’s public relations officer, claimed that the boundary wall was part of a separate project undertaken by the then BNP-led government in FY2004-05, and not a part of the current government’s recently finished FY 2013-14 stadium project.
The State Minister of Youth and Sports Biren Sikder ordered the authority concerned to form a probe committee to find out the reason behind the collapse.
Shafiq also said those found responsible for the incident would be punished, adding that the state minister had instructed the authority to take steps in this regard.
The committee will be led by Manzurul Quader, joint secretary at the ministry, and will include Pijush Kanti Nath, project director of the National Sports Council, the director (admin) of the council, and a representative of the Sylhet divisional commissioner.