River police nab two fishermen in Chandpur

CHANDPUR, Oct 05 (BSS): Members of River police arrested two fishermen on charge of catching hilsa in the Meghna river defying the government's 22-day ban.

Acting on a tip-off, operational teams of River police of Chandpur conducted a raid in the Meghna River around 10:30pm of yesterday and arrested the duo for catching hilsa, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of River police M Abul Hasim.

Later, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate NDC Narayan Chandra Pal fined them Tk 5,000 each, said M Abul Hasim.

The law enforcers also seized two boats, 1,000 meters of illegal current nets and eight kilograms of mother hilsa from their possessions.

Later, the seized hilsa were distributed among the local orphanages and the net was burnt.

The government has imposed a ban on the catching, selling and transportation of mother hilsa from October 01-22.