A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has fined 34 institutions Tk14,25,000 in two drives at five separate places in the city for selling eggs and other essential commodities at higher price.
"Mobile court of RAB-10 and RAB-1 carried out the drives separately in capital's Kaptan bazaar, Wari, Jatrabari, badda and Satarkul road area from 4am to 1pm today", RAB-10 Senior Assistant Director (Media officer) ASP M Fakhrul Hasan said.
A team of RAB-10, led by Magistrate Director Md Mazharul Islam, conducted a drive in capital's Kaptan bazaar, Wari and Jatrabari area this morning and fined 27 institutions including some egg-wholesalers Tk12,15,000 for not hanging the egg's price list alongside selling eggs without having any original receipts.
Meanwhile, a team of RAB-1, led by RAB HQ Executive Magistrate Nadir Shah, conducted a drive in the capital's Badda area and fined 7 institutions Tk2,10,000 for selling essential commodities at higher price and not hanging price list.
The process of storing the collected money to the government fund is underway, said RAB-1 Senior Assistant Director (Media Officer) Md Parvez Ran.