Seven members of a broker ring were detained at a hospital in Brahmanbaria in a joint drive by the district administration and the Special Response Battalion (SRB). A mobile court later sentenced five of them to jail terms of various lengths and fined the other two.
The drive was carried out on Thursday morning (12 November) in the emergency and outpatient departments of the 250-bed General Hospital.
Antor Mia, Jalal Mia, Mamun Mia, Nargis Akter, Sabbir Mia, Taif Islam and Shipon Mia were detained in the drive. The mobile court then fined Shipon Mia Tk 2,000 and Nargis Akter Tk 3,000. The other five were given jail terms of various lengths by the mobile court.
Md Nurnabi, commander of SRB-9’s Brahmanbaria camp, said the hospital was raided on a tip-off. Action will also be taken against those who back these brokers, he said.
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