Natore, Jessore
Two fake fertiliser factories sealed
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 460 sacks of adulterated MOP fertiliser from Lalkrisnapur area of Lalpur upazila of the district on Friday night.
Officer-in-charge of Lalpur police station Torikul Islam said, a Rab-5 team, following a tip-off, raided the house of Ataur Rahman, 45, son of Solaiman Ali at about 10:30pm and recovered the fake fertilisers.
There were 460 bags of fake and Indian low-quality MOP fertiliser, a few sacks of salt, a number of empty sacks, brick powder, and fertiliser mixing equipment in the house, he said.
However, sensing the presence of the law enforcers, Ataur Rahman and his accomplices fled the scene.
Locals alleged that Ataur Rahman had long been selling adulterated fertiliser, mixing brick powder with low-quality Indian Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertiliser. A case was filed with Lalpur police station in this connection.
In Jessore, a task force on Friday night unearthed a fake fertiliser factory, reports our correspondent.
The team also arrested two including the owner and sealed the factory. The arrestees are Golam Hossain of Degerpara village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah and his nephew Manik of Khetibdia village.
District administration sources said, a task force led by Biplob Kumar Shaha, deputy director of Jessore Agriculture Extension Department, Sadar upazila Nirbahi Officer Rizaul Karim and ASP Shafiullah along with other administration and police officials raided the factory at Khetibdia village under sadar upazila.
They recovered one truck gypsum, 220 sacks fake TSP and other fake fertiliser worth about Tk 4 lakh from the spot.
Locals said, Golam and Manik had been making fake fertiliser at the factory for the last two years hiring the house of late Shafiuddin Chaklader at Khetibdia village.
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