Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Md Anisur Rahman gave the order in the morning.
Those convicted are : Abul Kashem, 33, and Ismail, 35, of village Paikpara of sadar upazila in Sirajganj; Hasan, 31, Abul Kashem, 32, Habib, 20, Mannan,30, of village Belotia; Nurnobi, 22, of village Biara; Razzak, 30, and Rohom, 30, of village Ponchoshena; Shaheen,28, of village Borokoira; and Korban Ali, 30, of village Aguria of Belkuchi upazila.
Milon Sarker, ‘Peshkar’ of the mobile court, informed that acting on a tip off, the mobile court conducted a drive from 9pm Wednesday to 6am today.
During this time, the 12 fishermen were detained and later on given the prison sentences for netting hilsa using current nets.
Besides, 55,000 meters of current nets and 30 KGs of illegally caught hilsa were seized.
The current nets were burnt while the seized hilsa was distributed to orphanages and madrasahs.
Senior Upazila Fisheries Officer Anwar Hossain and Ansar Battalion members were present during the drive.