The Cabinet Division has formed a five-member high-powered probe committee to investigate the illegal extraction of white stone in Sylhet. The committee, headed by the Division’s Secretary for Coordination and Reform, has been directed to submit its findings within 10 days. Members include senior officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. The committee has been tasked with identifying those responsible for the large-scale looting.