Sand lifters fined in Shariatpur
A mobile court here on Saturday fined two people Tk 40,000, in default, to suffer more five months jail for illegally lifting sand from Boira River in Bhedarganj upazila.
The convicts are Monwar Hossain of Ranbhadrapur village and Abdul Hannan of Koraltali village of the upazila.
Police said they conducted a drive and caught them red-handed while they were lifting sand from the river by a dredging machine Saturday afternoon.
Later, the mobile court led by Upazila Executive Magistrate Alamgir handed down the verdict.
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