Fish traders clash with mobile court officials
Seven persons including four policemen were injured in a clash between fish traders and officials of a mobile court of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) during a drive carried out to detect formalin in Notun Bazar area yesterday.
When carrying out the drive at a fish market in Notun Bazar, the mobile court led by Israil Hossain, executive magistrate of Barisal City Corporation, seized fishes from a trader alleging that the fishes contain formalin, witnesses said.
However, the traders protested against the claims of the officials, which led to an altercation, they said.
The clash began when one of the law enforcers accompanying the court attacked fish trader Sohag, said Bishnu Dey, a fish trader.
The situation calmed after police reinforcement rushed to the spot. They rescued the executive magistrate, who had taken shelter in a shop, said locals.
Shankar Das, president of the Notun Bazar Businessmen Welfare Association, said fishermen and traders became agitated because the mobile court tried to seize the fishes without any test and charged baton on the traders.
Shaheduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said a BCC official filed a case against some fish traders including Sohag for obstructing public officers from discharging their duty and attacking policemen.
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