Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- A mobile court in Louhajang, Munshiganj, sentenced 15 people to varying terms of imprisonment for illegally catching mother hilsa fish in the Padma River.

In the first operation conducted early Tuesday, eight individuals were arrested, and authorities seized 10 kilograms of hilsa and 30,000 meters of illegal current nets. The court sentenced each of the eight to eight days of simple imprisonment.

During a second operation from 10 am to 2 pm, seven more people were detained, and 150,000 meters of illegal current nets were confiscated. Each of the seven was sentenced to ten days of simple imprisonment. Louhajang Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Nesar Uddin said, "Some unscrupulous fishermen were illegally hunting hilsa ...