Bangladesh, March 10 -- A mobile court in Sunamganj has sentenced a businessman to six months in jail and fined him Taka 10,000 for illegally storing petrol in violation of government regulations.

The mobile court, led by Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate Mohammad SowadSattar Chowdhury of the District Collector's Office, conducted a drive on Sunday night in the Point area of Ahmedabad village under Gourarang Union of Sadarupazila.

During the operation, authorities found that local businessman Sohel Chowdhury, 35, had illegally stockpiled fuel oil and petrol in hopes of making extra profit amid global market uncertainties. Officials seized 11 barrels of petrol from his shop.

Sohel Chowdhury, son of the late Gias Chowdhury of...