Chapai Nawabgonj, February 03 (Nuhu Alam, Gomastapur Correspondent/ OurVoice): A mobile court fined Tk 50,000 for extracting sand illegally from the river at Gomastapur in Chapai Nawabgonj.
Executive Magistrate and Assistant Commissioner (Land) Md Shahriar Nojir fined Abul Kashem, son of late Nur Mohammad of Nungola area in Rahanpur, while extracting sand under the Makrampur bridge in Boalia union of the upazila on Tuesday.
He said the operation was carried out on the basis of reports that some unscrupulous persons were damaging the river by extracting silt illegally from the river.
