Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four employees of the Food Department for attempting to smuggle 400 sacks of rice in Barisal on Monday morning. “They were planning to smuggle the rice from Barisal Local Supply Depot (LSD) to Fulbaria, Khulna,” said RAB Deputy Assistant Director Amjad Hossain. The RAB DAD said the Barisal LSD go-down in-charge Abdullah Al Mamun had fled during the raid. Kabir said rice trader Abdus Sattar had rented the truck to carry the rice to Khulna. The district’s Regional Controller of Food Amzad Hossain acknowledged that 20 tonnes (400 sacks) of rice were scheduled to be shipped to Barisal RRF that morning, but the seized rice was being loaded with no legal documents.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2017 14:48 UTC