TCB products seized from dealer’s house

The Directorate of Consumer Rights Protection in Rajshahi yesterday seized government essential products from the residence of one of the dealers of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).

The seized products are – 1520 litres of edible oil, 350 kilograms of sugar, 300 kg lentils and 200 kg chickpeas, said Hasan Al Maruf, assistant director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP).

The TCB dealer Mostaque Ahmed, owner of Kajal Traders, was asked to explain within 15 days the reason behind storing the TCB products at his home instead of selling those on the trucks as per the rules.

Legal action would be taken after a hearing on his explanation, the DNCRP official said.

Acting on a tip off, a team of DNCRP assisted by the police raided the house of Mostaque Ahmed at the city's Resompatty area at around 5pm and found he stored the TCB products at his home.

A grocery shop was attached to Mostaque's house and the shop was run by his wife. 

"We saw some of the TCB products stored at the grocery shop," the DNCRP official said.

TCB's Rajshahi regional office chief Rabiul Morshed said, Mostaque was a listed dealer and he was given the products over a week ago.

"If he sold the products as per the rules, the products should have been sold out in a few days," Morshed told reporters.