Mobile court fines five entities Tk60,300, jails three

A mobile court in Kaliganj, Gazipur, fined five entities a total of Tk60,300 for various irregularities and sentenced three people to jail for consuming drugs during separate drives on Saturday.

The drives were conducted at Basair Bazar, Jamalpur, Baligaon in Kaliganj Municipality and Phuldi in Baktarpur Union by Al-Amin Halder, assistant commissioner (land) and executive magistrate of Kaliganj.

According to the mobile court, Nubhha General Hospital in Jamalpur was fined Tk50,000 for failing to produce the required medical equipment and updated documents.

In a separate case, a man named Anwar Hossain was fined Tk10,000 for producing birthday cakes without proper identification and packaging and for failing to produce the necessary documents.

The court also sentenced Md Rabby, 26, son of Habibur Rahman of Majhukhan village in Baktarpur Union, to 15 days in prison; Motalib, 28, son of Md Ismail of Phuldi village in the same union, to two months; and Asif, 20, son of Jasim of Kalapatua village in Jamalpur Union, to three months.

The three were sentenced under Section 36(5) of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018, for drug consumption. Each was also fined Tk100.

Meanwhile, Dr Rezwana Rashid, upazila health and family planning officer, raised concerns over the lack of registration of Mukti Bone Fracture Treatment Centre on Borganagar Road in Ward No. 5 of Kaliganj Municipality.

She said the facility would not be allowed to provide any medical services without registration and would be brought under closure measures.

Officials from the upazila health and family planning office, the food safety department, the Department of Narcotics Control's Gazipur district office and the mobile court were present during the drives.

Al-Amin Halder said the drives were being conducted to protect public health, ensure consumer rights and prevent drug abuse.

“Necessary rules and documentation must be ensured in food production and healthcare services. Drives against drug consumption and other illegal activities will continue,” he said.

- MaT