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BSS, Rajbari

In a bid to stop catching hilsha fry "jatka" in the Padma river a task force recovered 1000 meters of banned current net from the costal area of the district on Wednesday.

Rajbari District Fisheries Department Moklesur Rahman D.F.O. Rajbari and sources said, the task force led by a first class Magistrate Md Maniruzzaman UNO of Goalondo upazila and Rezaul Shafiq, senior upazila Fisheries officer of Goalondo recovered the nets and bamboo used for Jatka catching worth about Tk. 2,50 lakh during the raid.

The fishermen who were catching jatka fled away.

Later the task force members burnt the nets and bamboo in front of local people .