Satkhira Correspondent: The mobile court has seized five trucks and two engine-driven vans full of 720 kg of mangoes mixed with chemicals and 409 kg of prawns in harmful jelly. From Satkhira, these mangoes and prawns were being sent to different parts of the country, including Dhaka. The mobile court conducted the operation based on information from the National Intelligence Agency (NSI). Satkhira Sadar Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Asit Kumar Sarkar confirmed the matter on Saturday (May 11) morning.
Earlier on Friday evening, the mobile court seized these mangoes and prawns in the old Satkhira area of the city. Meanwhile, a fine of Tk 1 lakh 5 thousand was collected from two shrimp traders and a mango trader.
The traders who paid the fine are Milan Mahmud, son of fish trader Abdul Latif of Burakharati village of Asashuni upazila; Zahid Hossain, son of Abdur Rahman Moral of Dargahpur village of the same upazila; and mango trader Shahin Sardar, son of Fazlu Sardar of Munsipara area of Satkhira town.
Satkhira Sadar Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Asit Kumar Sarkar said that based on the information provided by the National Intelligence Agency, 5 trucks and 2 engine vans from the Asashuni fishery were seized from the old Satkhira area of the city. After that, 17 carats of jelly-mixed prawns and 31 carats of mangoes mixed with chemicals were seized from the seized trucks. The weight of the seized shrimp is 409 kg, and the weight of the mango is 720 kg.
Later, a total fine of 1 lakh 5 thousand taka was collected from 3 people, including 65 thousand taka from shrimp trader Milon Mahmud, 10 thousand taka from Zahid Hossain, and 30 thousand taka from mango trader Shahin Sardar, through mobile court. At the end of the fine, the seized mangoes are crushed by truck wheels, and the prawns are destroyed by burning.
He also said that such operations will continue to protect the reputation of Satkhira’s mangoes and fish.
