3km illegal gas lines snapped in Ashulia
A mobile court of Savar upazila yesterday evicted three kilometers of illegal gas lines from Ghoshbagh area of Ashulia.
The mobile court team, lead by executive magistrate Tajwar Akram Sakapi Ibne Sazzad, assistant commissioner of Dhaka, conducted the day-long drive in association with Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd.
During the drive, the team disconnected gas lines of around 2000 households, shops, markets and factories of the area.
They also seized pipes and other materials used to set up the connections, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Managing Engineer of Savar Titas Gas told The Daily Star.
In addition, Purba Apparels Limited, an RMG company, was fined TK 1 lakh for running their factory with illegal gas connection.
Cases will be filed with respective police stations against those found with the illegal connections, Sayem said.
The team also arrested two people, technicians Manik alias Alal (40) and Feroz (24) for their direct involvement in setting up the illegal connections. They were given one month jail each, Sayem added.
Earlier at midnight, locals saw four people setting up gas connections in the area. Sensing that something wrong was going on, they intervened and caught Manik and Feroz red-handed, while the others managed to flee the scene.
The detainees are: Mozibor Rahman Shahed, secretary of Yarpur Union Parishad AL, and Aslam, a contractor.
Speaking to journalists, Manik and Feroz told journalists they were working under the directive of Mozibor and Aslam.
The Daily Star tried reaching Mozibor, but found his phone switched off.
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