Lakshmipur ;;
The mobile court fined 9 fishermen in the Meghna river in Kamalnagar of Lakshmipur and the upazila executive officer and executive magistrate Mohammad Masudur Rahman Molla gave a fine of Tk 3,000 each to each other on Monday (April 17).
Earlier on Sunday (April 16) around 8 pm, the Coast Guard and Upazila Fisheries Office seized 9 fishermen and nets from Ludhta and Katrita Ghat area of Meghna river.
The fines are Farooq, Jamal, Mostafa, Jasim, Chalauddin, Tarek, Siraj, Janal Abdin, all of the upazila's Char Falkon and Jagabandhu areas.
Kamalnagar Coast Guard Contingent Commander Md. Moniruzzaman Monir said that the fishermen are preparing to catch fish in the river and the fishermen have been arrested.