Published on 12:00 AM, January 03, 2017

4 dredgers destroyed, trader fined

A mobile court in Tangail yesterday destroyed four dredgers used for lifting sand illegally in Tangail's Bhuapur upazila.

Executive magistrates Mohammad Asaduzzaman and Fahmi Mohammad Sayef jointly led the drive at four illegal ghats by the Jamuna river near Bangabandhu Bridge's east end.

Moreover, Executive Magistrate Maksudul Islam fined sand trader Abdur Rashid Tk 50,000 for illegally lifting sand from the Jhinai river in Gopalpur upazila on Sunday.