A mobile court in Bhangura, Pabna, has sentenced two men to jail and fined them for producing and selling adulterated milk. During the drive, 320 litres of adulterated milk were seized along with a large quantity of materials used to make it.
The drive was carried out in the upazila’s Kaidanga area from 9am to 11am on Friday (30 October), when the milk was seized and the two men were sentenced.
The operation was conducted on a tip-off and with the help of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) office in Pabna district. Bhangura Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Suraiya Momtaz ran the mobile court under section 52 of the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009.
Those sentenced are Abul Bashar and Md Sabuj of Kaidanga village. Abul Bashar was given one year in jail and fined Tk 2 lakh, with three more months in jail if he fails to pay. Md Sabuj was given six months in jail and fined Tk 50,000, with one more month in jail if he fails to pay.
During the drive, 2,700 litres of jelly and 200 kg of soybean oil used to make the adulterated milk were seized, along with 320 litres of adulterated milk.
A 10-member team led by ABM Lutful Kabir, deputy director of the NSI’s Pabna office, Bhangura Assistant Commissioner (Land) Nusrat Jahan, upazila sanitary inspector Mohammad Nurul Islam and members of Bhangura police took part in the drive.
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