Truck with rice for poor seized
Detectives seized a truck laden with rice meant for the poor at Sakhipur upazila of the district on Saturday night.
Acting on a tip-off, the law enforcers seized the truck carrying 4,000 kg of rice in 80 sacks from in front of the food godown in the municipal area around 9:30pm, locals said.
The driver of the truck, however, managed to flee from the scene sensing presence of the law enforcers, they added.
Upazila food controller Abdul Latif could not say where the rice was being taken.
Officer-in-Charge of Tangail DB police Ashok Kumar Sinha said they took the rice to the DB office, adding that they did not know which are the rice was allocated for.
“We are investigating the matter to find out who was behind it,” the OC said.
A case was filed against the driver and unnamed others with Sakhipur Police Station in this regard, he added.
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