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Four jailed for damaging hills in Habiganj

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Four people were jailed for damaging hills at Bargaon village of Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj early today.

They are tractor drivers–Sumon Ahmed, Nayem Mia and Rubel Mia and excavator driver Abdur Rahman, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting Sheikh Mohiuddin, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Nabiganj.

UNO Mohiuddin, also an executive magistrate, sentenced the three tractor drivers to three months imprisonment and the excavator driver to six months in jail under the Sand Fields and Soil Management Act-2010 after they were found guilty of razing the hills.

Excavator driver Rahman was also fined Tk 50,000, the UNO said.

The arrest was made during a secret drive led by UNO Mohiuddin following reports of razing hills by a local at Bargaon village.