Selling potato at high prices: 7 wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market fined
A mobile court today fined seven potato wholesalers in Dhaka's Mohammadpur Krishi Market Tk 4.30 lakh for selling the vegetable at prices higher than that fixed by the government.
The wholesalers are: Tanha Enterprise, Ma-er Doa Banijjaloy, Munshiganj Banijjaloy, Allah-r Dan Vander, Manik Enterprise, New Bikrampur Banijjaloy and New Shahalam Trading.
Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Bosu, assisted by Rab and Department of Agriculture Marketing (DAM), conducted the drive and fined the business outlets.
"The traders were selling per kg potato at Tk 40-45 defying government order," Palash told The Daily Star.
Earlier on October 7, DAM fixed the price ceiling at Tk 30 for retailers and Tk 25 for wholesalers. It also set the price at Tk 23 for businessmen who had kept potatoes in cold storages for future sale.
But caving in to the pressure from businesspeople, the government on October 21 raised the price ceiling for potato by Tk 5 to Tk 35 per kg at retail markets.
The price of potato was fixed at Tk 30 a kg at the wholesale level and Tk 27 at the cold storage.
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