NSI seizes huge onion from Lakshmipur warehouse

Members of National Security Intelligence (NSI) on Saturday night seized 42 sacks of hoarded onion from a warehouse at Gengihata of Lakshmipur amid the skyrocketing price of the essential product, reports news agency UNB.

Acting on a tip-off, an NSI team conducted a drive at the warehouse of Moinuddin Store around 8:00pm and seized the onion which was hoarded illegally.

Sensing the presence of law enforcers, the warehouse owner fled the scene.

A mobile court, led by executive magistrate and Sadar upazila Nirbahi Officer Shafiqur Ridwan Arman Shakil, sealed off the warehouse.

The mobile court also fined Tk 1,000 to another trader for selling onion at Tk 220 per kg, the UNO said.