Tk 1.04 lakh fined for adulteration
BSS, Rangpur
A joint mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) and Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) in daylong anti- adulteration drives on Sunday fined a bakery and for litchi trader Taka 1.04 lakh in the city. Executive Magistrate of the City Corporation Md. Abdul Mannan conducted the anti- adulteration drives with assistance of Rangpur Metropolitan Police and officials concerned, a press release said yesterday.
The court fined Sayeed Bakery Factory at CO Bazaar area in the city Taka 50,000 for production of unhygienic foods amid dirty environment under the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009. Besides, the mobile court fined the same businesses establishment more Taka 50,000 for illegally marketing polythene sheets.
Later, the mobile court fined four litchi traders Taka 4,000 with Taka 1,000 each for selling of the seasonal fruits illegally on the roads in front of Rangpur City market in the evening, the release added.
Executive Magistrate Executive Magistrate Mannan told local reporters on spots that similar anti-adulteration drives would continue in future to ensure pure foodstuffs for citizens and strict implementation of the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009.
