A mobile court led by Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Magistrate Syeda Tahera Ferdous in separate drives in the city's South Khulshi and Kotwali areas found four residential buildings, which were built after cutting a huge portion of a hill.

When contacted, Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Mokhlesur Rahman told The Daily Star that they would continue the drive in the district with the help from both the CDA and the district administration authorities.

Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) also started such drives in different upazilas, Deputy Commissioner Ashraf Shamim said.

The mobile court filed two separate cases against Md Ibrahim and Mamunur Rashid with Khulshi Police Station.

The mobile team found that Ibrahim, a ship breaker, built a two-storey building on plot no 67/8-1 on Road no 1 at South Khulshi residential area through cutting 126 cubic metres of a hill.

Ibrahim's wife told the reporters that they constructed the building about five years back after taking permission for hill cutting.

She however could not produce any document to the mobile court in this regard, sources said.

Another accused Mamun also constructed a one-storey building after cutting hill.

Sources said the CDA earlier on May 10 sent two show-cause notices to both the owners regarding the razing of hills.

The mobile court also lodged a case against Md Maniruzzaman and Sarwar Alam with Kotwali Police Station for violating Building Construction Act, 1952.

During a drive in Jamalkhan Road area, the court found that construction works were going on through cutting of a hill in two plots owned by the accused just behind the Chittagong Press Club.