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In Rakhtpur, Laxmipur, three people arrested with eight maunds of jatka and a mobile court have been fined Tk 10,000. In the same Kamalnagar, the Jatka catching net has been seized with a net of jatka.
On Thursday (February 16) at noon, Udmara Sikt Coast Guard and Upazila Administration of Ratipur Upazila arrested three people with eight maunds of jatka from a pickup.
Later, the three arrested were brought to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and the Executive Magistrate of the Mobile Court, Shilpi Rani, and fined them 10,000 rupees, and the jatkas were distributed orphanages in the city.
The fines are Mainuddin Howladar (50), son of Jamal Miji of Jamal Miji of Haimchar upazila of Haimchar upazila of Chandpur district and Oliulya's son Oliulya of Charbanshi area, pickup driver Omar Farooq (22).
Ratpur Upazila Fisheries Officer Belat Hossain Sabuj said that three people were arrested along with eight maunds of jatka in the operation based on secret information. The court fined them a total of 10,000 rupees when the arrested persons were produced in a mobile court.
Meanwhile, Kamalnagar Upazila Fisheries Officer Abdul Quddus said that the Fisheries Department and Coast Guard jointly conducted a joint operation to catch jatka in the Meghna river and seized the rat mah jatka with a net and the seized nets were destroyed in the fire.
Esmut Kamalnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Masudur Rahman Molla distributed the jatkas in various orphanages.