Local residents in Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari district seized a Nasimon vehicle carrying 40 sacks of urea fertiliser allegedly being transported for resale elsewhere. A mobile court subsequently fined Amirul Islam Traders Tk 20,000 over the incident.
According to information received, the fertiliser was being taken for sale to Atiar, a fertiliser trader at Ananda Bazar in Baliakandi. Local residents stopped the vehicle and handed it over to the upazila administration.
Assistant Commissioner (Land) Mostafizur Rahman later conducted a mobile court operation and fined Amirul Islam Traders Tk 20,000.
The seized 40 sacks of urea fertiliser were sent to a warehouse.
The seized fertiliser will be distributed among farmers through the upazila agriculture office, according to sources.
