Forest guards detained 25 fishermen along with two  trawlers and seized around 400 kilograms of illegally caught parshe fish fry  from the Sundarbans. Photo : BSS

KHULNA, Feb 10 (BSS) - Forest guards detained 25 fishermen along with two 
trawlers and seized around 400 kilograms of illegally caught parshe fish fry 
from the Sundarbans.

The detainees were identified as Imran Gazi, Gani Sheikh, Sahabuddin Sheikh, 
Enamul Sheikh, Habibur Sheikh, Jubayer Mistri, Sirajul Sheikh, Amirul Sheikh, 
Rahman Sheikh and Mohasin Mistri.

According to Forest Department sources, a patrol team led by Forester Dilip 
Majumder, officer-in-charge of the Bogi Forest Station under the Sundarbans 
East Forest Division, intercepted a trawler on the Baleswar River late Monday 
night while it was returning from the forest.

During a search, the forest guards recovered about 150 kilograms of parshe 
fish fry from the trawler and detained 10 fishermen. They were taken to the 
Sharankhola Range Office on Tuesday morning.

They hail from Dakop and Paikgacha upazilas of Khulna district. Forest 
officials said the fishermen were transporting the illegally caught fish fry 
towards Paikgacha under the cover of night.

In a separate operation on Monday afternoon, forest guards detained 15 more 
fishermen with 250 kilograms of parshe fish fry in the Kokilmoni area of the 
Sundarbans.

Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) of the Sharankhola Range Mohammad 
Shariful Islam said legal action is being taken against the detained 
fishermen for illegally catching fish fry in the rivers of the Sundarbans.