KHULNA, July 7, 2020 (BSS) – Mobile courts here fined around Taka 40,500 and filed six cases against different shops, coaching centres and business outlets for flouting coronavirus health safety guidelines conducting drives in different areas including wards 17 and 24 of Khulna metropolis, declared as red zone.
Executive Magistrates Mohammad Tahmidul Islam, Debashish Basak and SM Russell Islam Nur of Khulna district administration conducted special mobile courts and fined the business entities including saloons, coaching centre, departmental and cosmetics stores for violating government order to prevent coronavirus transmission.
Under the direction of Deputy Commissioner and also District Magistrate Mohammad Helal Hossain, the special mobile courts conducted the drives in different areas including Aichgati Union of Rupsha Upazila of Khulna and Wards No- 17 and 24 of Khulna Metropolitan City declared as Red Zone areas.
The courts filed six cases against the shops for not abiding by the hygiene rules and violating government orders related to timeframe of remaining open of shops including for not wearing masks by shopkeepers, violation of public order and not taking any arrangement to maintain social distancing for general people.
During the drive, a mobile court headed by Executive Magistrate Debashish Basak fined a coaching centre owner Taka 15,000 for disobeying government instruction on not to open coaching center during corona situation and ordered the coaching center to remain closed until further notice.
Khulna Metropolitan Police and members of Ansar and other law enforcing agencies assisted the mobile courts.
Additional District Magistrate Mohammad Yusuf Ali said some of the shops have been fined and sued which were found running their business activities beyond the time, fixed by the government.
From March 20 to July 6, 1,274 cases have been filed and realised Tk 18,85,100 by the mobile courts conducted for ensuring social distance and home quarantine in district and metropolis, he added.
The Khulna district administration will continue drive to prevent coronavirus infection and other crimes, he said.