Kushtia, July 6 -- A mobile court in Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila has sentenced two people to one month in jail for illegally extracting sand from the Padma River.

The mobile court, led by Kumarkhali Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Bijoy Kumar Joarder, conducted the drive in the Majgram and Kalyanpur areas of the upazila's Shelaidah Union on Sunday afternoon.

Nazir of the land office, Shahidul Islam, and members of law enforcement agencies assisted in the drive, conducted under the Balumahal and Soil Management Act.

According to court sources, a group had been illegally extracting sand from the Padma River in the Majgram and Kalyanpur areas of Shelaidah Union. Acting on a tip-off, the administration conducted the raid.

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