10 jailed for selling untreated water in Karwan Bazar

A mobile court today jailed 10 persons for different terms and fined them Tk 350,000 for selling untreated water at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka.

The mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-2 and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) also seized 2200 gallons of untreated water during the drive from 8:00am to 3:00 pm, our staff correspondent reports from the spot.

“All the detainees were given jail for different terms from six months to one year” Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam, who led the operation, told The Daily Star.

They were selling unrefined water in the name of filtered water, he said.