9, 100 litres of fuel oil seized in Siddhirganj, jail and fines for hoarders

Another stockpile of furnace oil was found in the same area

A mobile court of the district administration has seized a large amount of fuel oil in a raid in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj and sentenced one person to two months in prison.

The raid was conducted near the Meghna Petroleum Limited depot in the Godnail area on Tuesday evening, said Executive Magistrate Rashed Khan, assistant commissioner of the district administration.

Assistant Commissioner Rashed said that 9,100 litres of fuel oil were found stockpiled illegaly in an operation near the Meghna Depot in Godnail. Later, a mobile court conducted operations in the area and Md Sifat, who was involved in storing the oil, was sentenced to two months in prison.

At the same time, the executive magistrate also slapped a fine of Tk 6,000 for the offence of illegal oil stockpiling.

Bangladesh Border Guard and police personnel assisted in the operation.

Meanwhile, Rashed also said that furnace oil was found in another location in the same area at 10pm.