Killing Hedgehog: 2 poachers jailed, 7 fined

A mobile court on Saturday night sentenced two poachers to one month imprisonment and fined seven others for killing an endangered hedgehog in Madhabkunda Eco-Park area under Barlekha upazila.

Barlekha Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Shamim Al Imran punished them under Wildlife Conservation Act 2012.

The jail sentence awardees are Subal, 25, and Jag Rabi Chandra, 25, while Ukil, 35, Budhu, 26, Umesh, 30, Ramesh, 32, Kartik, 35, Ram, 30, and Krishna, 35, were fined Tk 10,000 each for assisting the two.