Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Forest guards arrested four fishermen, including notorious fisherman Liton Matubbar, while fishing illegally in a canal prohibited for fishing in the Kachikhali Sanctuary of the Eastern Sundarbans on Saturday morning.
Fish worth several lakhs of taka, two nets, and two dinghies (small boats) were seized.
A case was filed against the detainees under the Forest Act, and they were produced before the Bagerhat court on Saturday afternoon.
According to forest department sources, forest guards led by Forester Dilip Majumdar, Team Leader of Smart Team-1 of the Sharankhola Range of the Eastern Sundarbans, conducted a raid in the Dudhraj Canal of the Kachikhali Sanctuary on Saturday (October 11) morning and arrested four fisherm...