Six business units fined Tk 1.5 lakh
A mobile court led by the Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman yesterday fined six business establishments Tk 1.50 lakh.
The establishments include restaurant, fast food shop, petrol pump, jewellery shop and sweet shop.
The magistrate also filed two criminal charges against New Wage Filling Station on the Mirpur Road for running the petrol pump without taking permission from the authorities concerned, as the pump was sealed off earlier by another magistrate for cheating in weight.
The court also fined the station Tk 25,000 for manipulation in weight yesterday, too.
The court raided Mohon Chad and Jadav Ghosh, two sweet shops, and fined them Tk 50,000 and 30,000 respectively for selling sweets without the approval of Bangladesh Standards Testing Institution (BSTI).
In a raid at Hiroki Jewellery Shop at Chadnichak Super Market the court fined it Tk 15,000 for cheating in weight.
The court also fined Fresh Bachenak, a fast food shop at the same market, Tk 20,000 for selling rotten and substandard foods and for doing business without BSTI approval.
Later the court raided Ashta Banjan at Kataban and fined it Tk 20,000 for keeping ripe papaya with uncooked chicken and fish in a same refrigerator.
Talking to The Daily Star, Mahbubur Rahman said the main target of the drive is to resist selling of adulterated food items.
He said 20 mobile courts and four other special courts are now functioning in the filed at 28 Police Stations.
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