Rice of food department found in private warehouse
"We are trying to find out how the rice sacks bearing seals of the food department ended up in the warehouse of M/S Chowdhury Food Industrial Complex"
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seized 1356 sacks of rice, with seals of the food department on the sacks, from a warehouse in Rajshahi on Thursday.
A team of members of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Rajshahi, led by its Assistant Director Al-Amin, conducted a raid at M/S Chowdhury Food Industrial Complex on Thursday, seizing 1356 sacks of rice, weighing 53.84 thousand kilograms, each of the sacks bearing seals of the government's food department.
Al-Amin said: based on secret information that rice of food department is in the warehouse of M/S Chowdhury Food Industrial Complex, the ACC in Rajshahi conducted the drive, while seizing the rice that have been meant for distribution among the poor and destitute.
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"Necessary steps will be taken after investigation. We are trying to find out how the rice sacks bearing seals of the food department ended up in the warehouse of M/S Chowdhury Food Industrial Complex," he said.
