Police arrested a trader on Sunday night after recovering essential goods of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) from his godown in Gazipur that was to be sold at a subsidised price by the government to the poor. The arrestee was identified as Md Shahin, 33. Ismail Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Gacha police station said Shahin was arrested during a drive conducted at Alhaz Mohor Khan Waqf Estate market at Board Bazar area following a tip off. Also read: TCB’s sale of essential items for 1 crore families starts Sunday During the drive at Sabbir-Shahin godown in the market, 2 liters each 37 bottles of edible oil, 37 packet sugar and 37 packets pulse with TCB packaging were recovered. In primary questioning Shahin said Jahangir Alamand Rafiq, office assistants of Abdullah Al Mamun Mandal, ward-35 councilor have sold him the TCB goods, said OC Ismail Hossain. “ Shamim said the office staffers of the ward-35 councilor sold oil at Tk 150 per litre, sugar at Tk 60 per Kg, pulse at Tk 70 per Kg to him and some other traders. We are conducting an investigation in this regard,” said the OC. Also read: Crowds growing around TCB trucks, women lack the access To interrogate the accused a seven day remand will be sought after producing him before court, he said. Meanwhile local sources said on Sunday, the first day of TCB sale through family cards , many listed families of ward-35 had to return empty handed at the early end of the sale at the councilor's office.

Police have recovered huge quantities of TCB goods from the house of Abul Hossain Khalifa, office secretary of Bakerganj Upazila Awami League in Barishal. After locals called 999 with information that TCB goods were hoarded illegally at Khalifa's house, Bakerganj police in a drive on Wednesday evening recovered 1,000 liters of soybean oil, 500 kg of sugar and 500 kg of lentils from the leader’s house. Also read: 999 call: 2 arrested after woman raped on truck Bakerganj Police Station OC Satya Ranjan Khaskel said that a team of Bakerganj Police Station went to Abul Hossain Khalifa's house and recovered TCB goods after the locals called 999. It is learned that the products were collected for Saikat Enterprise, a dealer company owned by Alamgir Hossain Sabuj. Those were kept in his house to sell to the shops in Kaliganj Bazar that night. Also read: 11 sailors rescued from Bay after 999 call However, Abul Hossain claimed that Sabuj was physically ill and so he took the TCB goods to his house from where Sabuj would take them away later.