Truck with OMS rice seized
Members of Coastguard Sharankhola contingent have seized a truck with 4,750 kg rice (95 sacks) from Panch Rasta intersection under the upazila Sunday evening. The driver and helper of the truck managed to flee. Sources said government rice for Open Market Sale (OMS) was being taken away for selling in the black market. The price of the rice as per government fixed Tk 22 per kg would be more than Tk one lakh. Coastguard has filed a case with Sharankhola police station in connection with the incident. The truck and the seized rice have been handed over to Sharankhola police. Sub-inspector and investigation officer (IO) of the case Sudhangshu Kumar Mondal yesterday said, nobody claimed the ownership of the rice.
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