Dhaka, March 31 -- District authorities in Sitakunda conducted separate drives on Monday against illegal fuel hoarding, seizing 25,000 litres of diesel from a depot and imposing a Tk 50,000 fine on a local filling station.

The Bhatyari Filling Station was fined Tk 50,000 for concealing information about its fuel stock. Officials said about 1,700 litres of octane were found stored at the station during a mobile court operation led by Executive Magistrate Fakhrul Islam.

In a separate drive based on intelligence reports, authorities recovered approximately 25,000 litres of diesel from a depot in the Jalil Gate area of Salimpur in the evening. Officials said an organised group had been illegally siphoning fuel from vessels and depots during...