Mobile court destroys 45 maunds of adulterated jaggery in Rajshahi
Photo: Agamir Somoy
A mobile court destroyed 45 maunds of jaggery in two days of drives at three adulterated jaggery manufacturing factories in Bagha, Rajshahi.
Assistant Commissioner (Land) Nusrat Jahan Ananya confirmed the matter and led the drives. At the time, a fine of Tk 10,000 was imposed on a factory owner. Seized 27 sacks of sugar were handed over to a local orphanage.
The upazila administration conducted drives on charges of manufacturing jaggery using various chemicals and ingredients in an unhygienic environment. Separate drives were conducted with the assistance of police.
A drive was conducted at the jaggery manufacturing factories of Sabuj Hossain and Roki Hossain around 11 am on Sunday. Sensing the presence of the administration, they fled leaving the jaggery on the stove. Later, 15 maunds of jaggery present at the factory were destroyed and 12 sacks of sugar were seized and given to a local orphanage.
Earlier, on 14 October, a drive was conducted at the factory of Kazim Uddin. The allegation was that jaggery was being manufactured there using sugar, monalisa, various types of chemicals, lime, color, hydrose, alum, dalda, and flour.
In the drive, 30 maunds of jaggery from that factory were destroyed. An additional 15 sacks of sugar were seized. Later, that sugar was also handed over to a local orphanage. The mobile court fined Kazim Tk 10,000.
