DAE official arrested for making fake fertiliser
Detective Branch (DB) police on Wednesday arrested Bagmara upazila agriculture officer Sheikh Muhammad Alamgir on charges of adulterating fertiliser and cheating.
Alamgir, upazila chief of Department of Agriculture Extension, was picked up from his residence in the city's posh Upashahar area, said sub inspector Babul Akhtar of the DB.
He said Alamgir was arrested hours after Abdul Karim, a farmer of Kasba village in the upazila lodged a complaint with Bagmara police charging him of cheating.
In his case, Karim alleged that Alamgir took Tk 77,500 from him promising to give fertilisers at a lower rate but later he gobbled up the money.
Harun-ur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Bagmara police station said Alamgir is also an accused in a case for adulterating fertiliser. He obtained bail in the case but the bail period was over, the OC said.
Earlier, the government last month suspended the district DAE deputy director Md Mohsin Ali Mia and Bagmara DAE officer Alamgir over allegations of adulterating fertiliser.
Bagmara police on July 9 raided the warehouses of fertiliser trader Abdus Salam Mondol at Taherpur and seized at least 537 sacks of adulterated fertiliser and equipment used for adulteration.
Police had also arrested three people including DAE employee Ataur Rahman in this connection.
Ataur disclosed to police that a few DAE staff were involved in making fake fertiliser in the district.
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