Smuggled Indian clothes seized

Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday seized smuggled Indian clothes worth around Tk 60 lakh from a truck on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Shimrail in the district yesterday morning.
Police also arrested Ayub Ali, 33, the driver of the truck and Kala Miah, 30, his helper, in this connection.
Police said the truck was going to Bongo Bazar with the smuggled clothes that were bootlegged for the upcoming Eid.
A list of the seized items that include sharee, three piece and punjabi was drawn up in presence of Magistrate Sajid Anwar.
District Police Superintendent Sibagat Ullah said that police would now look into the possibility if the seized items could be donated to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund.