“A special team of the DB police seized the edible oil of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and arrested the hoarders from Madhya Parbatipur area under Ward 17 in the metropolis Wednesday night,” a press release said Thursday. As per the direction of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Alim Mahmud, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner (DB) of RpMP Uttam Prasad Pathak led the drive, seized the stockpiled soya-bean oil and arrested the hoarders. Assistant Police Commissioner (DB) of RpMP Altaf Hossain, Police Inspectors ABM Feroz Wahid and Rajesh Kumar Chakraborty, Sub-inspectors Md. Kotwali police produced the arrested persons before a Rangpur court from where they were sent to the jail Thursday. “The DB police of RpMP also arrested two hoarders with stockpiled 6,480 litres of edible oil and a TCB dealer with stockpiled 3,107 litres of edible oil and 150 kg of sugar allocated for sale at fair price from the city in last four days,” he added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 16, 2020 11:37 UTC