Illegal fertiliser trader fined in Rangpur

A mobile court fined an illegal fertiliser trader Tk 30,000 for unlawfully hoarding and selling fertilisers at higher prices at Burirhat Bazar in Kawnia upazila in Rangpur district.

Based on the information that some unscrupulous pesticide fertiliser dealers were illegally hoarding and selling fertilisers at higher prices, Kawnia Upazila Nirbahi Officer and Executive Magistrate Tahmina Tarin conducted the mobile court Thursday afternoon.

The mobile court fined pesticide trader Md Alam Miah, owner of Messer’s Sohag Traders, Tk 30,000 at Burirhat Bazar in the upazila for stocking and selling fertilisers without a license at higher prices against the fixed rates.

The Executive Magistrate told reporters that strict legal action would be taken against any trader, dealer or businessman if found tampering with fertilisers.

Kawnia Upazila Agriculture Officer Most Shahnaz Parveen, Agriculture Extension Officer Kallol Kishore Sarkar and a police team led by the SI of Kawnia police station Ratan Kumar Kundu were present.