Rejoinder and our reply
ACI Motors Ltd has sent a rejoinder to a Daily Star report published on May 31 on page 9 under the headline '20 new power tillers seized on way to 'black market'.
It said ACI Motors dispatched a consignment of 20 power tillers for delivery at Golachipa in Patuakhali district but the Golachipa upazila agriculture officer (UAO) refused to receive the power tillers due to lack of storage capacity. Then as per the UAO's instruction, ACI Motors' truck carrying the tillers headed towards Patuakhali Agriculture Office for unloading.
The rejoinder signed by the company's Business Manager Subrata Ranjan Das added that the story of ACI Motors selling the product in black market was triggered by a vested quarter to tarnish the image and goodwill of ACI Motors.
OUR REPLY
The Daily Star report stated that the local farmers seized a truck carrying 20 power tillers and caught three people on suspicion as they were returning from Golachipa without unloading the tillers meant for distribution among the farmers. We reported that the locals also handed over the three -- the driver and helper of the truck and a mechanic of ACI Motors -- to Golachipa police. And our report had a quote from a police official concerned, who, indeed, had expressed suspicion of the tillers being sent to 'black market'.
The Daily Star report stated that the local farmers seized a truck carrying 20 power tillers and caught three people on suspicion as they were returning from Golachipa without unloading the tillers meant for distribution among the farmers. We reported that the locals also handed over the three -- the driver and helper of the truck and a mechanic of ACI Motors -- to Golachipa police. And our report had a quote from a police official concerned, who, indeed, had expressed suspicion of the tillers being sent to 'black market'.
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