Cumilla: A mobile court today fined a filling station TK 50,000 on charges of tempering oil measurement at Adarsha Sadar Upazila of the district.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, in a joint initiative of Cumilla District Administration and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the authorities conducted an operation this afternoon at Madina Filling Station in the Nazirabazar area of Sadar Upazila. The filling station was fined TK 50,000 for manipulating oil measurement under sections 29/46 of The Weights and Measures Standards Act, 2018.
The filling station was accused of supplying less than 70 millilitres of oil per 10 litres in the octane dispensing unit. The operation also included checks at Jannat Filling and CNG Services and Naimul Filling Station and LPG in the Alekharchar area. However, these filling stations were inspected and found to be accurate in their measurements.
The operation was conducted by Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate of the District Administration and Md. Faridul Islam.