An Awami League leader named Shafiqul Rahman has been sentenced to six months of imprisonment and fined two lakh taka for illegally extracting soil and obstructing the natural flow of a canal in Chechuria area of Banshkhali upazila, Chattogram. The mobile court, led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Md Omar Sani Akon, conducted the operation late on Monday, March 29, with assistance from Banshkhali police.
According to the report, the convicted leader used an excavator to remove soil from the canal, originally dug by former President Ziaur Rahman, and created an unauthorized fish farming project. The punishment was imposed under relevant sections of the Balumahal and Soil Management Act, 2010. Shafiqul Rahman, aged 50, is a resident of Ward 8, Chechuria, under Bailchhari Union Parishad.
The executive magistrate stated that such drives will continue to protect public interest and the environment from illegal activities of this nature.
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