Date-expired items found at Bombay Sweets

The mobile court, led by magistrate Md. Rokan Ud Doulah, raided Grameen Pharmaceuticals in the Jatrabari area. The company produces 11 items of medicine that it brands as made with herbal ingredients. But it has permission for only two items. According to the literature on the medicine, they contain natural vitamins, blood Alkaliser, Neurogenital Stimulant, Digestive Enzymes, Vitamin A and C, Liver corrective, Cough Expectorant, Uterus Corrective, and Anar Plus Multi Vitamin.

But the company could not show permission to produce most of these items. The court directed the Demra police station to shut down the factory and filed a case under the Special Power Act-1974.

Later the court raided the factory of Bombay Sweets and Chanachur in Shyambazar. The court seized nearly one hundred sacks of Australian essence, whose expiry date was June 9, 2005. The essence is mostly used in the popular chanachur, the court sources said.

"Actually the reputation of Bombay chanachur was good and we did not think this. But we found those expiry-dated essences over there," said the magistrate.

The court directed the police to seize all of the chemicals, which the police were working on as of the filing of this report at 7:30 yesterday evening.

Another mobile court led by magistrate Mujibul Haq raided different restaurants in the Shaympur police station. He filed three cases and collected fines of Tk 40,000 from them, while another case was pending when this report was filed yesterday evening.

Another mobile court led by Mizanur Rahman raided different restaurants under the Tejgaon area. He filed seven cases and collected Tk 41, 500.

Another mobile court led by ABM Abdul Fattah raided a bakery and a restaurant in the Uttara area. He filed three cases and realised Tk 70,000 from them, the police control room sources said.