A mobile court has fined a trader Tk 10,000 for allegedly storing 15 barrels of diesel at a warehouse without a licence in Nachol upazila of Chapainawabganj.
The court also seized the diesel, worth around Tk 3.59 lakh.
Sabbir Ahmed, assistant commissioner and executive magistrate of the district administration, led the mobile court operation conducted at Bherendi Bazar in the upazila from 9pm to 11pm yesterday (17 Sept).
The assistant commissioner said Humayun Chowdhury, proprietor of Chowdhury Trading, was fined Tk 10,000 for violating Section 4 of the Bangladesh Petroleum Act, 2016.
During the raid, 15 barrels of diesel were seized from Humayun’s shop and warehouse, he said.
Later, in the presence of the executive magistrate, the seized diesel was sold to the nearby Dhansura Filling Station, and the proceeds were ordered to be deposited in the government treasury.
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