Mobile court seizes huge TCB commodities in Khulna
A joint mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted drives in Khalishpur and Sonadanga Police Station areas of Khulna city today to monitor market prices, control price hikes of essentials and prevent consumer harassment ahead of the Holy month of Ramadan.
During the drive, the mobile court fined two business establishments Taka 30,000 for irregularities and sealed a warehouse in Boyra Bazar for illegally stockpiling Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) products, said a RAB press release here today. The drive was carried out from around 1:40 pm to 5:10 pm yesterday under the supervision of RAB-6 Special Company.
During the operation at Boyra Bazar, the team recovered a large quantity of TCB commodities from a warehouse of "AbulKalam Store". The seized goods included 40 kilograms of dates (four packets of 10-kg each), 200 kilograms of lentils (four sacks of 50-kg each), 100 kilograms of chickpeas (two sacks of 50-kg each) and 108 litres of edible oil (54 bottles of two litres each packed in six cartons). Following the recovery, the authorities sealed the warehouse for illegal hoarding.
Executive Magistrate Umme Salma Khanum and Assistant Commissioner (Executive Magistrate) Priyanka Rani Kundu were present during the drive along with other officials of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection. KCC conducted different drives to monitor essential commodity prices at various kitchen markets during Ramadan, the press release added. RAB-6 officials said such drives will continue to ensure market stability and protect consumer interests during the Ramadan.
