Food ministry officials and local administration have seized at least 5,124 tonnes of rice worth Tk41 crore from six warehouses of Square Food and Beverage’s rice mill in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Dinajpur Sadar UNO Murtuja Al Muhid conducted the drive at the warehouses of the rice mill in Gopalpur Bazar of the upazila on Tuesday night.
The authorities also arrested one Zayed Hossain, in-charge of the mill, in this connection and handed him over to the police.
They had permission to store only 312 tonnes of rice. However, they stored more than 4,812 tonnes of rice illegally, said the UNO.
Biplob Kumar Singh Roy, food controller of Dinajpur Sadar upazila, filed a case with Kotwali police station against the owner of the mill Anjan Chowdhury and the in-charge of the mill Zayed Hossain, confirmed Dinajpur Kotwali police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mozaffar Hossain.