A mobile court has fined two traders in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah for illegally hoarding soybean oil.
The mobile court, headed by Shailkupa Assistant Commissioner (land) Partha Pratim Shil, found around 61,000 litres of soybean oil in local businessman Shankar Kumar’s warehouse and another 4,800 litres in Raju Kundu’s warehouse on Tuesday.
Shankar was fined Tk20,000 and Raju Tk15,000.
The authorities would later decide what would be done with the oil found during the raid, said the assistant commissioner.
Mobile courts have been conducting raids throughout the country and fining traders illegally hoarding soybean oil.
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to take legal action against unscrupulous businessmen who stockpiled essential commodities, including edible oil, to rake in extra profit.