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More than 200 illegal residential gas connections were disconnected during a special mobile court drive in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Tuesday.
According to Titas Gas officials, the unauthorised connections caused an estimated loss of around Tk 1.30 crore to the government over the past five years.
The drive was conducted from afternoon to evening in the Kararchar Madina Jute Mills area under the leadership of Assistant Commissioner and Executive Magistrate FM Naim Hasan Shuvo.
Officials from the Titas Gas Narsingdi office and members of law enforcement agencies joined the operation.
The mobile court also fined four house owners for illegally using gas through unauthorised connections.
Ahmad Ullah, manager (emergency) of the Titas Gas Narsingdi office, said the drive was conducted based on a tip-off about a large number of illegal gas connections in several houses in the area.
After inspecting a number of houses, the authorities disconnected more than 200 illegal connections and permanently sealed the gas lines, he said.
