7 jailed for catching hilsa
A mobile court in Munshiganj on Wednesday sentenced seven fishermen to one month's imprisonment each for catching hilsa defying the ban.
A team led by Executive Magistrate Khalekuzzaman conducted a drive in the Padma river in Louhajong upazila of the district in the morning and arrested the fishermen.
The team also seized 10,000 metre current nets and 15 kg hilsa fish from the possession of the arrestees.
Later, the arrestees were produced before the mobile court, led by the magistrate, which found them guilty and sentenced each of them to one month in jail.
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