8 jailed for selling formalin-tainted milk in capital

A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court yesterday sentenced eight people to different jail terms and fined them Tk 50,000, in default to serve one month's imprisonment, for selling formalin-tainted milk at two milk storages in Old Dhaka's Nawabpur.
Chemical tests found 0.1 percent formalin in the milk, supplied to most sweet shops in the capital, said Rab Executive Magistrate Anwar Pasha, leading the court.
The arrestees told journalists that the formalin, provided by the locals at Tk 600 per litre, kept the milk fresh for nearly 12 hours. Formalin may cause kidney and other complications, said Anwar.
Among the arrestees, Vasani Mia was given six months while Sattar, Sumon, Rupchand, Dilu, Mosharraf, Zahirul and Rezaul were given one month each.