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Gecko poachers jailed
A mobile court here on Monday sentenced two poachers to six months' imprisonment for smuggling gecko, a kind of reptile locally known as 'takkhok'. The court also fined each convict Tk 1000. They are Abul Kalam, 30, son of Abdul Aziz of Lakkhipur area in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla and Mohammad Balal Uddin, 25, son of late Nurul Haque of the district. Mostafizur Rahman, officer in-charge of Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station said, on secret information, they raided Arambagh area in the district town and arrested the poachers along with a caged gecko.
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