Dhaka – A mobile court on Friday sentenced three fishermen and fined another one in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district for catching hilsa defying the ban.Another mobile court seized 3,000 metres of current net from the Padma River in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district.In Rajbari, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Goalanda Pankaj Ghosh conducted the drive in the Padma River and arrested three fishermen for catching hilsa and another for carrying the national delicious fish illegally.Later, the UNO sentenced Bachchu Sardar, 30, Mostafa Sardar, 40, and Farid Chowdhury, 28, to one year’s imprisonment and fined another fisherman Hiro Sheikh, 30, Tk 5,000 for carrying hilsa fish,UNB News Agency Reported.The mobile court also destroyed 5,000 metres of current net on the spot, the UNO added.In Rajshahi, a mobile court, led by UNO Hamidul Islam of Bagha,conducted a drive in the Padma River and seized 3,000 metres of current net worth Tk 30,000.Later, the mobile court destroyed the current net.
