Huge fertiliser seized in Dinajpur town
Two godowns sealed on recovery of over 20,000 sacks
A mobile court seizes huge quantity of urea that was illegally hoarded at Shahidi Cold Storage at Pulhat in Dinajpur town yesterday. Photo: STAR
More than 20 thousand sacks of fertilisers were seized from two warehouses in the district town yesterday. Both the warehouses were sealed off for hoarding fertiliser illegally, police said. Earlier on a tip-off, executive magistrates Md Abdur Rahman and Tasnin Jebin Sheikh, along with their forces, raided two godowns in the area at around noon. The team found at least 10,800 sacks of urea, 2,579 sacks of MOP and 1,800 sacks of TSP in the first godown--Shahidi Cold Storage. Another 7,000 sacks of fertiliser, including 4,820 sacks of urea, were recovered from the second godown, situated around 300 yards away from the first one. Each sack contained 50kg fertiliser. Police quoting documents said the godowns were owned by Mosaddeque Hossain, former vice-president of Dinajpur Chamber of Commerce and Industries and owner of Messrs Mosaddeque Traders and Md Abdus Sattar, owner of Messrs Sattar Traders. They are authorised fertiliser dealers in the district, police said. Executive magistrate Md Abdur Rahman told this correspondent that about 6,805 extra sacks of urea were found in the first godown. Md Abdus Satter, who was present on the spot during the raid, however, said he and his partner jointly stored the urea with permission from the authorities concerned. Sources said, the two dealers and owners of the godowns stockpiled the fertiliser illegally in a bid to sell them in higher prices in case of fresh tax on it in the coming budget. None was arrested in this connection.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments