11 jailed for illegally extracting and selling sand in Bhunapur, Tangail

Tangail Correspondent: A mobile court has sentenced 11 people to 20 days in jail for illegally extracting and selling sand in Bhunapur, Tangail. At that time a fine of Tk 44,072 was collected in cash. The accused were sent to jail after seizing 4 Veku, 5 trucks from Balu Ghat. Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Mosha conducted a mobile court in the Jagatpura area of ​​the Upazila on Wednesday afternoon with the help of police and RAB. Ishrat Jahan.

The convicts are Enamul son of Arshed of Chabbisha village, Chana son of Tahachan, Wasim Khan son of Pathan Ali of Jagatpura village, Imtiaz son of Khokon of Rasuna village, Nurul Islam son of Juran of Nalin village, Salam Sarkar son of Akbar of Kuthiboyra village, Jabbar son of Jabbari village.

Hafizur, son of Haider Ali of Chabbisha village, Apel, son of Abdul Quader of the same village, Arman Khan, son of Pathan Ali of Jaratpura village and Biplob Hossain, son of Bablu Miah of Chabbisha village. RAB 12 CPC-3 Tangail Company Commander (Acting) Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Ershadur Rahman said this in a press release.

It may be mentioned that the local influential people have been cutting and selling the chars in the Jamuna river in different areas of Nikrail, Gobindasi, and Azurna unions of Bhunapur Upazila for a long time.

The sand-laden trucks of these illegal sand dunes are moving recklessly on the roads and highways, causing accidents as well as destroying the local roads. Although the locals complained that there was a nominal operation from the administration, the ghat was reopened soon after.