Fake fertiliser factory unearthed

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TOBA TEK SINGH: A fake fertiliser factory was unearthed in a raid by the agriculture department on Friday in Faisalabad’s Tandlianwala tehsil.

The raiding team with police force recovered 290 urea bags and 70 SSP fertiliser bags worth of Rs1.17 million from the Areeba Fertiliser Company.

In the FIR registered under sections 6-1, 10-1, 18-1, 4 and 5 of The Punjab Fertiliser (Control) Order 1973, complainant Agriculture Department Deputy Director Khalid Mahmood stated factory owners Naveed Aslam and Muhammad Imran and their four unidentified accomplices were producing fake fertiliser in their factory.

The FIR said neither the factory was registered with the Punjab Agriculture Department nor the production of urea and SSP brands of fertiliser was permitted in the factory.

The factory owners and their accomplices fled.

INJURED: A woman was shot dead when rivals attacked their house in Chak 186-GB, Dogaranwala, on Friday.

Rescue 1122 reported that Munizza Bibi, 38, was rushed to the Chak Jhumra THQ Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

The deceased was a teacher in village’s Government Girls Primary School. The police said both groups had an enmity over a property dispute.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2022

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