Bangladesh Forest Department has filed a compensation case over the oil spill in Sundarbans.
The case sought the compensation from the owners of the two tankers which were involved in the collision that lead to oil spill in Sundarbans' Shela River.
Chandpai Range Official Abul Kalam Azad filed the case on Wednesday night.
A vessel, with over 350,000 litres of furnace oil capsized in Sela River Tuesday morning. The oil spread along 20kms of the Shela River seriously threatening the delicate ecology which is also home to the Royal Bengal Tiger.
