The National Coordination Committee against Corruption and Serious Crimes on Sunday formed a nine-member committee to investigate the attempts to dump a huge quantity of rice declaring it inedible in Chittagong last month. The taskforce commander in Chittagong, brigadier general Hassan Nasir, heads the committee comprising two representatives each from the army and the district administration, one each from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, food department, Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute and customs authorities. The committee has been asked to submit its report by May 31 finding out the persons responsible for declaring 25 containers of rice putrefied and dumping two containers in Halishahar area in the city. Pakistan government sent 22,000 tonnes of rice as assistance for the survivors of the cyclone Sidr in December. A large quantity of the rice has been distributed among the distressed people. According to sources, the food department did not disburse 25 containers of rice terming it decayed and dumped two containers of rice at Halishahar on April 24. Local people started collecting the dumped rice and said they found it edible prompting the joint forces to seize the rest 23 containers with 412 tonnes of rice, of which 356 tonnes were found edible.
Tushar Hayat
Chittagong
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