Ant Poison Factory Owned by Jamaat Ameer Sealed Over Adulterated, Unauthorized Products

❐ Local correspondent

An administration task force has raided and sealed a factory owned by the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila on charges of manufacturing unauthorized and adulterated products. At the same time, the manager of the company has been fined Tk 3 lakh.

The raid was conducted at a factory operating under the guise of producing toothpaste, rat and ant killers in the Shahangachha area of ​​Sadar Upazila on Monday afternoon, March 9.

The owner of the factory is Nazrul Islam, a resident of Ward No. 1 of Kawakola Union Parishad in Sadar Upazila and the union ameer of the local Jamaat.

Executive Magistrate Nazmul Hossain, who conducted the raid, said that although the factory was operating under a license to manufacture toothpaste, rat and ant killers, it was producing Harpic and mosquito coils.

However, the name of Nazrul Islam’s company has been used instead of the manufacturer of these products.

He further said that the product marketed under the name ‘Neem Soap’ did not contain even a drop of neem. He was producing these products using unauthorized ingredients.

The magistrate said that cattle and poultry medicines were being produced without the approval of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI).

In addition, the expiration date was not mentioned on the products, which is a clear violation of the Consumer Rights Act.

Due to these irregularities, the mobile court fined the factory manager 3 lakh taka. He was also sentenced to one month in prison for non-payment of the fine. At the same time, the factory was sealed.

Members of the Department of Consumer Rights Protection, Department of Food Safety, Sanitary Inspectors of the Health Department, CAB representatives, and police were present during the operation.