Fertiliser for free distribution recovered from BNP leader's godown

Godown employee Basu Mia has been arrested.

The recovered fertiliser was part of 530 bags allotted for free distribution under government's post flood agriculture rehabilitation program.

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Police said, acting on a tip-off, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sanjaya Kumar Banik, Hizla thana OC Mir Fasiar Rahman and the Upazila Agriculture Officer checked the godown and recovered the fertilizers.

When contacted, Apu said Hizla-Gourabdi Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Gaffar Talukder requested him to keep the fertiliser in his godown due to shortage of storage facility. But Gaffar denied this.