Illegal sale of petrol, diesel

Random sale and use of liquid combustibles is still going on in three upazilas of Sunamganj although the government has banned their unauthorised sale to prevent their use in criminal activities.

The fuels are being sold in around 400 shops beside the village roads and in the local markets. The district or the upazila administrations, however, do not have any list of such unauthorised fuel sellers.

Visiting different areas recently, this correspondent saw petrol, octane and diesel were being sold in shops at roadside markets in Taherpur upazila, Sadar upazila and Doarabazar upazila.

Many grocers illegally sell petrol, octane and diesel along with other household commodities.

Motorcycle driver Mansur Ahmed said he bought a litre of petrol at Tk 100 when its fixed rate in the filling stations is Tk 86. The unauthorised dealers sell petrol, octane and diesel at Tk 10 to Tk 20 more than the official price, he added. 

Safada Filling Station owner Md Murshed Reza said they stopped selling the fuels to unauthorised sellers as soon as the government imposed the restriction.