RAB mobile court jails seven for two years for selling Hilsha fry in Dhaka

A mobile court run by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has sentenced seven people each to two years in jail for selling ‘Jatka’ or Hilsha fry in Dhaka.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 21 April 2018, 07:34 PM
Updated : 21 April 2018, 07:34 PM

Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam said he headed a drive in a wholesale fish market in Jatrabarhi late on Saturday night following a tip-off that Hilsha fry was being delivered there.

The deliveries continued even the drive was under way after midnight, he said.

He said they arrested seven people and seized around 8 tonnes Jatka. Each of the arrested people was handed two-year jail term.