The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) conducted a drive at a shop that was charging extra price from customers at Shyambazar in the capital and fined the shop owner Tk 20,000.
Manzur Shariar, deputy director at the divisional office of DNCRP, said he conducted the drive and fined the owner of Faisal Enterprise.
“The trader was selling each kilogram (kg) of ginger at Tk 235, much higher than the purchase rate. We imposed the fine and asked him to sell each kg ginger at Tk 120 as per recommendation of the importer,” he said.
Apart from this, three shops were fined different amounts during the drive.
The government declared a general holiday from March 26 to tackle the transmission of coronavirus and later extended it to May 5.
(Source: UNB)
