Fake fertiliser factory

Police raided a fake factory in an abandoned building on Darwani Textile Mills premises in Sadar upazila on Sunday night and seized 'adulterated' fertilizers and pesticides from. They also arrested 10 people in this connection, said Abu Akkas Ahmed, officer in-charge at Sadar police station. The arrestees are Ismail Hossain, 30, Moksed Ali, 45, Taherea, 35, Tahmina, 35, Sheuli, 39, Alema, 40, Raihana, 35, Abeda Khatun, 35, Abia, 40, and Shahnaj Parveen, 30. On secret information, a team of police led by Sadar upazila nirbahi officer Mostasim Billah and upazila agriculture extension officer raided 'BD 2M Impex' factory at about 11:00pm and seized 30 bags of fake magnesium sulphate, 10 bags of dolomite and at least 8 maunds of magnesium sulphate. Agriculture extension officer Sahera Banu filed a case accusing 12 people, including Mehedi Hasan, owner of the factory, and his manger Shahin Kadir, said the OC.