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5 January 2010, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Khulna

Four people were sued at Mongla on Monday night on charge of bringing over 23,000 bottles of foreign liquor under false declaration. The four FIR-named accused are proprietor of Media Enterprise Md Humayun Kabir and its general manager Azad Mahatab, proprietor of Prophecy Shipping Lines Zulfiquar Monir and its manager Abdur Razzak. Sub-inspector Shwakat Hossain of Mongla police station has been made investigation officer of the case. Members of law enforcing and intelligence agencies seized over 23,000 bottles of foreign liquor worth over Tk 6 crore from two containers at Mongla Port. Commissioner of Customs Md Nurul Islam was transferred and stand released suspecting his connivance in the import of these liquor.