Kuakata hotel owner jailed

A mobile court in Kuakata yesterday sentenced a hotel owner to 30 days' imprisonment for dirty environment and not having any service chart of the hotel.

The convict is Md Shahjalal Mia, owner of Hotel Sunrise, a residential hotel.

The court also fined him Tk 30,000. In default, he is to suffer another seven days in jail.

Executive Magistrate Khondakar Rabiul Islam, also assistant commissioner (land), led the court.

They conducted the drive under Consumer Rights Protection Act, said magistrate Rabiul Islam.

Some irregularities were also found in other hotels at the tourist spot, he said.

The convict was sent to jail, said the magistrate.