Mobile courts backed by Rapid Action Battalion yesterday jailed 12 persons for storing and manufacturing adulterated food items in Dhaka and Narayanganj.

A mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Sarwar Alam raided Gazi Food Products in Narayanganj and jailed its owner Emdad Hossain Khan for one and a half years while two managers for six months for producing adulterated food items.

Another court, led by Executive Magistrate Helal Uddin, raided three fish stores at Jatrabari and jailed five fish traders -- Dipankar, Uzzal, Taposh Mandal, Abdur Razzak and Bejun -- for 15 days while Amit Biswas, Azizul, Kartik Mandal and Sadek Hossain for seven days each, says a press release.

Yet another mobile court raided Maria Ice-cream Factory at Rampura in the capital and fined its owner Golam Mohiuddin Tk 2 lakh and its employee Md Zafar Tk 1 lakh for producing adulterated ice cream.