Soil trader fined in Gaibandha

A soil trader was fined Taka one Lakh for cutting topsoil of land and selling it to the customers illegally in Gobindaganj upazila of the district this noon. Acting on a tip-off, a mobile court led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Tamsid Iram Khan conducted a drive at Dakhkhinpara village under Kamardaha Union of the upazila on Sunday noon and found soil cutting and selling activities of the local trader. Later, he fined soil trader Abu Hossain Taka one lakh for cutting topsoil and selling it to the customers. The court also seized the excavator popularly known as Veku machine used for cutting soil from the spot. The case filed by the court was disposed of after collecting a penalty of money from the accused instantly.