3 illegal water factories sealed off, 15 punished
Friday, 21 March 2014
A mobile court In the city sealed off three illegal water factories and punished 15 people Friday for producing and marketing substandard drinking water which is harmful to public health.
The mobile court of Rab-2, led by its magistrate AHM Anwar Pasha, conducted the drives in the city’s Tejgaon Station Road and Karwanbazar.
The mobile court sealed off the three illegal water factories–– “Messrs Faruk Agro Food” at 141/1 Tejgaon Station Road, “Water Plant” at 148/1 Tejgaon Station Road and “Antar Drinking Water” at 77 North Karwanbazar, according to a news agency.
The court sentenced Khondker AK Azad, owner of “Messrs Faruk Agro Food”, to two years’ simple imprisonment and fined him Tk 100000, in default, three months jail and other 14 employees of the three illegal water factories were fined of Tk 7,000 each and in default 15 days simple jail.