The transfer order of Deputy Director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection’s (DNCRP) Dhaka divisional office Monjur Mohammad Shahriar, who fined retail giant Aarong and shut down their flagship store, has been revoked.
Ministry of Public Administration Sheikh Yusuf Harun told Bangla Tribune that a gazette will be issued to revoke Monjur’s transfer order.
“His transfer has nothing to do with leading the raid. His has completed two years at the DNCRP and his transfer was routine,” he claimed.
He added that the transfer order received so much coverage as it coincided with the same day as the raid was conducted.
According to sources at the public ministry, they have been receiving complaints of over-pricing against Aarong for a while now, based in which the raid was conducted.
Aarong, whose Uttara store was fined Tk 450,000 and shut down for 24 hours allegedly complained to the ministry after which his transfer order was issued.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Chhattra League and Dhaka University Central Students Union General Secretary Golam Rabbani posted a status on his Facebook page saying:
The transfer order against Monjur was issued less than 24 hours after he fined Aarong. The outlet was fined for doubling the price of a product in the span of five days.
He had been transferred to the Khulna Zone office of Roads and Highways Department as the estate and law officer.
The circular also set Jun 13 as his joining date at the new workplace and said that if he fails to join before that day, he would be stand released on June 13 afternoon.
Monjur’s transfer came as a shock to consumers in general and rights activists in particular and sparked outrage in social media.
Very recently, Monjur had led drives at two top makeover salons — Persona and Farzana Shakil’s — in the capital and fined them for using illegal, counterfeit and expired products.
He also led drives at various markets around the city to seize the 52 food products that Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution found as substandard and the High Court ordered their recall.
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