RAJSHAHI, May 10, 2022 (BSS) - Police in a three-hour raid seized around 27,000 liters of edible oil, including 20,000 liters of soyabean oil, from two godawons at Taherpur area under Bagmara upazila in the district last night.

Additional Superintendent of Police Ifte Khayer Alam told BSS this morning that they also arrested one person for his involvement in hoarding the huge edible oil.

He said they conducted the raid from 7pm to 10 pm in the two storages and recovered 19,176 liters of soyabean oil and 7,548 liters of mustard oil.
Shahidul Islam Swapan, 40, and his brother Rafiqul Islam, 45, hoarded the edible oil in the godawons with an ulterior motive to gain more profit through creating artificial crises.

A case was recorded with Bagmara Police Station in this connection.