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RICE-RECOVERY-RAJSHAHI
ACC recovers 53,840-kg government rice in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Sept 26, 2019 (BSS) – A team of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)
has recovered 53,840 kilograms of government rice from a private food
industrial complex today, ACC officials said.
On a tip-off, an ACC team conducted a sudden raid in Messer’s Chowdhury
Food Industrial Complex at BSCIC Industrial Estate and found 1,356 sacks of
rice belonging to the Department of Food stockpiled there, said Jahangir
Alam, Deputy Director of ACC, Rajshahi office.
Three persons, Humayun Kabir, Abul Hossain and Kawsar Ali, are the owners
of the complex. However, they were not present at the time of recovery of the
rice from the complex this afternoon.
After scrutiny, the ACC officials have ascertained that the rice was
purchased from the black market, the official continued. Legal process is
going on to detect the persons who are involved in pilferage and selling the
rice illegally, Jahangir Alam informed while talking to journalists on the
issue.
BSS/AH/AS/19103 hrs