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Sugar swindle

Dealers sell 12 MT sugar allocated for Khagrachhari at mill gates in Kushtia, Chuadanga

JASIM MAJUMDER, Khagrachhari
Sugar allocated for Khagrachhari never reached its destination as 12 government-assigned dealers of the district sold it right at the mill gates in Kushtia and Chuadanga violating dealership contract.
The government allocated 12 metric tonnes of sugar for the hill district at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
The district administration apparently has no idea of such development although sugar price in the district rose up toTk 70 a kg.
Chairman of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) Ronojit Kumar Biswas issued a letter to the Khagrachhari
deputy commissioner (DC) on August 20 asking the later to take immediate steps so that the dealers bring the allotted 12 metric tonnes of sugar from the two mills in Kushtia and Chuadanga and make sure that the price of sugar gets stable in the district.
All the 12 dealers, who got the allocation at Tk 33 a kg, sensing bigger profit sold the sugar right in front of the mill gates depriving the targeted consumers.
Asked, Khagrachhari DC Md Abdullah said he had the impression that the dealers had received and brought the sugar.
He said, "If the incident is true, legal actions will be taken against the dealers."
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Meantime, visits to the dealers on Monday and Tuesday confirmed that none of them brought the sugar to Khagrachhari.
The 12 government-appointed dealers are M/s Khaleq Bepari, M/s Golum Muhammad Chowdhury, M/s G.N Popular Store. M/s Saidul Hoq, M/s Shahid & Brothers, M/s Gius Uddin, M/s Al Osmani Bibido Bitan, M/s Shamsul Alam, M/s Abdul Halim, M/s Hazi Muhammad Musa, M/s Mozaher and M/s Mokhtar Ahmed Enterprise.
One of the dealers Mohammad Osman admitted that they sold the sugar in front of the mill gates to avoid transportation cost.
Another dealer Mohammad Musa told The Daily Star that they had deposited Tk 1 lakh with BSFIC as security money but did not get sufficient allotment. Hence,’ he added, they sold the sugar on the spot instead of bringing it all the way to Khagrachhari.
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Rahed Hossian expressed his ignorance about the matter.