70 fishermen detain in Manikganj
Police detained 70 fishermen for defying a ban on catching hilsa in three districts of Manikganj.
Joint team conducted drives from Sunday night to early Monday at Shibaloy, Daulatpur , Harirampur and Padma, Jamuna River nabbed seventy fishermen, while they were catching hilsa defying the ban.
All of them hailing from Manikganj, Rajbari, Faridpur, Sirajganj, Pabna.
Later, they were produced before mobile courts that sentenced them to different jail terms.
During the drives, the team also seized hilsa and current net from their possession.
