Benapole (Jessore): A mobile court in Jessore on Thursday night fined a factory Tk 50,000 for illegally producing non-biodegradable polythene at Nazir Shankarpur in Jessore town after 250 kilograms of banned polythene were seized from there.

The mobile court led by executive magistrate Sazia Afrin detected that hanging up the signboard of ‘Bismillah Hatchery and Saleha Metal Industries’ the factory authorities had long been producing polythene bags there without any authorisation and slapped a fine of Tk50,0000, reports UNB.

Earlier, members of Rapid-Action Battalion (Rab)-6 conducted a raid inside the factory and seized 250 kgs of polythene which were being produced at night.

Senior chemist of the Department of Environment Ataur Rahman was present during the drive.