'Jatka' seized in Chandpur
Coastguards in a raid on a passenger launch on the Meghna in Chandpur seized 30 maunds of jatka (hilsa fry) early yesterday. Kept in five baskets, the jatka were found in abandoned condition in "MV Bandhan" coming to Dhaka from Bhola via Chandpur. Chandpur Coastguard station commander Lt Khawja Masum led the drive. Khawja Masum said, the value of the seized jatka would be about Tk 2 lakh. The fish would be given away to orphanages, he added.
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