Joint forces seized 428 sacks of fertiliser and arrested five people including two government officials for their alleged involvement in hoarding fertiliser in separate drives conducted in various places in Chuadanga district Saturday and Sunday.
In a drive conducted on Saturday at Rana Enterprise, a business establishment at Alokdia in Chuadanga Sadar upazila, joint forces arrested two fertiliser dealers Rana Biswas and his brother Madhu Biswas and seized 330 sacks of fertiliser, reports our Kushtia correspondent.
On interrogation, Rana said informed joint forces that two sub-assistant agriculture officers of Chuadanga agriculture office named Nazmul Haq and Abdul Hamid used to supply them fertiliser more than their actual quota in exchange of money.
Joint forces raided their houses in the town and arrested them on Sunday.
In another raid conducted at Tetulia village in Jibonnagar upazila the same day, police seized 98 sacks of fertiliser and arrested a fertiliser sub-dealer named Ashraf Hossain. Separate cases were filed against them with Sadar police station.
Earlier, police raided the house of another sub-dealer named Rebeka Khatun at Madna village in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga district and seized 380 sacks of fertiliser Saturday night.
A Correspondent from Natore reports: Police yesterday seized 20 sacks of TSP fertilizer at Ekdala village in Bagatipara upazila.
Local people intercepted a fertiliser-loaded Nasimon (shallow engine- driven vehicle) while it was crossing through Ekdala bazar, police said.
Locals asked the driver to show relevant documents. As he failed to show it to them, they handed over the driver along with the Nasimon to police.