A mobile court in Singra upazila of Natore fined a trader one lakh taka and sentenced him to two months in jail for illegally storing 11,000 liters of fuel. The operation took place around 3 p.m. on Monday at Asha Traders in Sherkol Bazar, owned by Altaf Sheikh. The court, led by Executive Magistrate and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdullah Al Rifat, found the trader guilty of hoarding fuel without valid documentation.

During the raid, officials recovered 49 barrels of diesel, 5 barrels of octane, 2 barrels of petrol, and 2 barrels of lubricants, totaling 11,000 liters. The magistrate stated that the action was part of efforts to address the ongoing fuel shortage in the area. The trader failed to produce legal papers for the stored fuel, leading to the fine and jail sentence.

Authorities ordered that the seized fuel be sold within seven days, aiming to prevent further disruption in local fuel supply.