A mobile court here yesterday sentenced a fake veterinary doctor to imprisonment for one month in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj.

The court also fined him Tk 20,000.

The convict Md Abdul Baten, 40, of Khukni village, was running a veterinary medicine shop and providing veterinary treatment in the village although he has no degree.

The mobile court, led by Upazila Assistant Commissioner (land) Md Hasib Sarkar, sentenced Baten to imprisonment for one month and fined him Tk 20,000, said Upazila Livestock Officer Md Abdus Samad.