Relief rice seized
A mobile court on Wednesday arrested the owner of a godown in Sirajganj district headquarters on charge of illegally stocking government relief rice.
Sirajganj Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Faysal Uddin along with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) conducted the court.
The arrestee Md Abdur Razzak, 45, is owner of Razzak Traders in the town's rail station area. He hails from Nishiboyra village in Belkuchi upazila of the district.
Razzak was produced before a court in the district that sent him to jail.
Faysal said the mobile court and Rab raided Razzak Traders in connection with stocking of government relief rice.
“During the drive we found 1,706 sacks of rice of the government's VGD programme. Razzak illegally bought the rice from the black market and stored those in his godown,” the UNO said.
“We seized 75,390 kg of relief rice and sealed the godown,” he added.
A case was filed with Sirajganj Sadar Police Station against Razzak on Wednesday on charge of misappropriating government relief rice, Faysal said.
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