BSS :
A mobile court in a drive today arrested 10 fishermen from the Meghna river in the district and sentenced them to one year imprisonment each for defying the government’s ongoing 22-day ban on Hilsha fishing, catching, selling, transporting and marketing.
The convicted fishermen were identified as Nasir Hossain,30, Shafiqul Islam,20, Abdus Sukkur Gazi,20, Kokhan Bepari,23, Faruk Darji,30, and Monir Hawlader ,20, of Lalpur and Kherudia areas of Bishnapur union of Chandpur Sadar upazila. Md. Faruk Khan, 32, Md. Nasir, 29, Awal Hawladar,63 and Golam Md. Russell, 23.
According to the district fisheries office, two
engine-driven boats and one lakh meters of banned current nets were seized from their possession.
Sadar upazila assistant commissioner (Land) and executive magistrate Helal Uddin Chowdhury conducted the mobile this morning.
Sadar upazila senior fisheries officer Sudip Bhattacharya said the seized nets were destroyed and the two boats were placed in the custody of the Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department.
Official said these drives will continue allover the country during the ban.
The government has imposed a 22-day ban starting from October 4 on catching, selling, storing and transporting Hilsa, to ensure safe spawning of the Mother Hilsa, during its peak breeding period.
