Two Barisal traders fined Tk 1.2 lakh for stealing electricity

A mobile court of Barisal district administration yesterday fined two businessmen Tk 1.2 lakh for using electricity through illegal connections on the city's College Road.

Shafiqul Islam Babul and Sohel, businessmen of battery-run three-wheelers, were fined Tk 60,000 each, said Executive Magistrate Shafiqul Islam.

They had been using electricity through illegal connections for one year, said Soyebur Rahaman, assistant engineer of West Zone Power Distribution Co Ltd.