Bagerhat, June 7 -- A mobile court has sentenced two meat vendors to seven days' imprisonment and fined them Tk 10,000 each for selling rotten beef in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat.

The mobile court, led by Rampal Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Abhijit Chakraborty, conducted a drive at Foila Bazar on Sunday morning with the assistance of police and the upazila veterinary surgeon.

The convicts are Harun Or-Rashid, 40, of Gobindapur village under Rampal upazila and Yamin Howlader, 28, of Khanpur village in Bagerhat Sadar upazila.

Officials said the drive was conducted following information that the two vendors had been selling rotten and diseased beef at high prices for a long time.

During the raid, the mobile court recovered spoile...