Jute seeds seized, one held
Detective branch of police here seized 423 packets of low quality Indian jute seeds and arrested one Belal Hossain from Chawk Rampur area in the town on Saturday. Arrestee Belal Hossain is son of Abdus Salam of Jongli Bograpara village under Natore Sadar upazila. He was allegedly involved in repacking the date-expired low-grade seeds. Local people and sources said, Abdus Rahim, 45, his younger brother Abdus Sattar, 40, and Rahim's brother-in-law Abdul Quddus used to make and sell fake jute seeds in the name of an Indian company. Nasirul Islam, acting superintendent of police in Natore, said, on secret information, DB police seized about 300 sacks of fake 'Bharot Nursery' seeds from Chawk Rampur area and arrested van driver Belal. Later, the team raided Rahim's house and seized more than 120 bags of seeds and tools for making fake seeds.
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