Chandpur, March 30 -- Two traders were jailed and fined in Chandpur for illegally hoarding and selling fuel, while another trader was fined in Faridgonj for selling fuel at higher-than-approved prices, officials said on Monday.

The drive, conducted around 4:30pm under the initiative of the district administration, was led by Executive Magistrate Tanvir Rabbi from the Deputy Commissioner's office.

During the drive, authorities detained Mizanur Rahman, owner of Messrs Naurin Filling Station on Stadium Road in Chandpur Sadar, and Md Monjur Hossain Talukdar, owner of Imran Traders and an agent of Padma Oil Company in Alimpur.

They were later sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment each and fined Tk 5,000 under Section 45 of the Consume...