RANGPUR, Mar 2, 2021 (BSS) – A mobile court fined three petrol pumps Taka
20,000 in the city for measurement manipulation of different types of fuel
and lack of proper documents on Monday afternoon.
Initiated by Rangpur divisional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing
Institution (BSTI), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 extended assistance in
conducting the mobile court.
Executive Magistrate Mahmud Hasan Mridha of the district administration led
the mobile court.
During the raids, the court found that the petrol pumps were engaged in
depriving the clients of petrol, diesel and octane through measurement
manipulation and did not have proper authorisation and documents.
The court fined Messrs Trust Filling Station Taka 10,000, Messrs Mizan
Filling Station Taka 5,000 and Chand Petroleum Ltd Taka 5,000 for the reasons
during the drives.
Inspector Lutfar Rahman of BSTI’s Rangpur divisional office and members of
RAB-13 were present during the drives.