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Truck with fake TSP sinks

26 April 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Jessore

A truck, allegedly carrying spurious fertiliser sank in the Bhoirob river when trying to flee mob attack in Abhoinagor upazila yesterday. Mob, however, caught Mosharraf, helper of the truck and handed him over to police but the driver managed to flee. Police and local people said, the truck loaded with 300 bags of adulterated TSP was waiting to cross Bhatpara ferryghat. As people chased the truck it lost control over the wheel and fell into the river. Later, police recovered 203 bags of adulterated fertiliser from the truck.