Four Businesses, Including a Pharmacy, Fined Tk 113,000 in Abutorab, Mirsarai.

Jewel Nag, Mirsarai,Chattogram. A mobile court has fined four businesses, including a pharmacy, a total of Tk 113,000 for various violations at Abutorab Bazar in Mirsarai Upazila of Chattogram. The drive was conducted at around 12:30pm on Wednesday (August 12) under the leadership of Executive Magistrate and Mirsarai Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Somaiya Akter. According to the upazila administration, the mobile court inspected the prices of essential commodities and examined the sale and storage practices of medicines and cosmetics at several pharmacies in the market. Four cases were filed during the drive under relevant provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 2023. A total of Tk 113,000 was imposed in fines in the four cases. Assistant Director of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), Chattogram, Makhnuon Tabassum; Upazila Engineer Safayat Faruk Chowdhury; the market committee president; local dignitaries and community leaders were present during the operation. The team also inspected the market’s infrastructure, drainage system and waste management conditions. UNO Somaiya Akter said, “Regular monitoring is being conducted to keep the prices of essential commodities stable and to ensure that pharmacies operate in compliance with the law. Such drives will continue in the public interest. Necessary steps will also be taken to improve drainage and waste management in the market.” The upazila administration said that price lists, commodity prices and pharmacy activities would continue to be monitored regularly in different markets across the upazila to protect consumers’ interests.