RAJSHAHI, Aug 20, 2018 (BSS) – District administrations have asked all
law-enforcement agencies especially the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to
check smuggling out of raw hides of sacrificial animals through the borders
in Rajshahi, Chapainawabanj, Naogaon and Joypurhat districts.
The BGB local authorities have also instructed all the border outposts
to remain on highest alert along the frontiers so that not a single hide is
smuggled out from the country.
We are pledged bound to prevent hide smuggling. The government has given
instruction in this regard,” said SM Abdul Kader, deputy commissioner of
Rajshahi.
BGB official said all the border outposts have been kept on highest
alert to prevent hide smuggling.
Besides, all the highway check-posts will enhance their vigilance in
this regard. Instruction for seizing the hide-laden trucks from one district
to another has been given to all the checkpoints.
Commissioner-in-Charge of Rajshahi division Aminul Islam said specific
instructions from the Ministry of Home and the Commerce are given also in
this regard.
Asaduzzaman Asad, district unit president of Hide Traders Association,
said that a syndicate is active to smuggle out hide of sacrificial animal
through the local border.
He urged all the authorities concerned to adopt appropriate measures for
checking hide smuggling.