Joint forces yesterday seized around 3.6 lakh sacks of rotten basic commodities including wheat, sugar, lentil and over 1.5 lakh sacks of fertilisers from Chittagongand Khulna.

The forces also arrested eight people for Involvement in food adulteration and fertiliser hoarding.

The army and Rapid Action Battalion in separate operations yesterday seized over 1.5 lakh sacks

of fertiliser, 1.9 lakh sacks of rotten wheat, sugar, lentil, etc. and arrested two people in Majhirghat area, our staff correspondent in Chittagongreports.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) led by Lt Commander Shamim raided two large warehouses, owned by AKM Monaf, in Majhirghat area of Doublemooring at around 12:00noon.

Rab seized 90 thousand sacks fertilisers including TSI! Urea and and BMK Traders. Magistrate Atique said former Awami League lawmaker Haji Selim owns Baghdad Traders while Haji Amin owns Razzak Brothers.

The joint forces also seized three trucks loaded with 600 sacks of TSP fertiliser and arrested the drivers of the trucks -- Yunus, Yusuf and Dulal.