KHULNA, July 19, 2020 (BSS) – Detective branch (DB) of police arrested eight fishermen on Saturday for fishing at Bhadra river of Kalabagi village under Dakop upazila despite a one-month ban of fishing in the Sundarbans, said a DB press release today.
Police also seized four different size boats, 1200 feet current nets, huge rotten fish and fishing pesticides from their possession.
The arrested are Tuhin Mir, Sohrab Sana, Depak Sarkar, Tapon Sarkar, Neshit Mondal, Alok Sarkar, Selim Sheikh and Miraz Mollick.
On a tip-off, a team of DB police conducted a drive at the river in Sundarbans and arrested the fishermen while they were netting fish by using pesticides, the release said.
A case was filed with Dakop police station in this connection.