A mobile court in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj has fined four individuals a total of Tk 400,000 and sentenced them to 25 days in jail for illegally cutting and selling soil from triple-crop farmland. The operation took place last Thursday in the Sholapara area of Tarash municipality, led by Executive Magistrate Ehsan Ahmed of the Sirajganj district administration. Four dump trucks used in the illegal activity were also seized during the raid.

According to the magistrate, the offenders were caught transporting fertile agricultural soil without authorization. Each of the four was fined Tk 100,000, and after failing to pay, their jail terms were extended by 10 days, totaling 25 days each. The convicts were sent to the district jail through Tarash police, and the seized trucks remain in police custody.

The action highlights local authorities’ enforcement against illegal soil extraction, which threatens agricultural productivity in the region.