Lakshmipur ;;
A mobile court has fined 26 fishermen who killed jatka in Meghna river in Lakshmipur.
On Wednesday (March 22) at around 11 o'clock at night, Laxmipur Sadar Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate of Mobile Court. Ruhul Amin fined each of them 5 thousand rupees.
Before this, the fishing department of Sadar Upazila and the Coast Guard arrested them in a joint operation by the Fisheries Department and Coast Guard area of Moju Chowdhury, Char Rahmani Mohan, Kamalnagar Upazila.
The convicted fishermen are Md Hossain, Md. Jatid, Abdur Rahim, Ibrahim, Shafi Ullah Majhi, Ruhul Amin, Md. Belal, Abul Kasem, Md. Ruhul Amin, Noor Alam, Milan, Noman, Mosleh Uddin, Amjad, Md Hasan, Taib Ali, Amjad Hossain, Ashraf Ali, Noor Alam, Ruhul Amin, Md. Hannan, Amir Hossain, Md Nizam, Abul Kalam, Salah Uddin and Md. Kamal are all residents of Char Kalkini Unit of Kamalnagar Upazila.
Laxmipur Sadar Upazila Sinister Fisheries Officer. Abul Kasem said, 26 fishermen were arrested in the Meghna river and 26 fishermen were seized by them.
Incidentally, the government has banned all types of fishing in the Meghna river from Shatanal in Chandpur to Ramgati in March and April for two months in order to protect Jatka and increase the production of hilsa, which has been imposed on jail and fine for violating this law.