Port Blair, June
9: In a raid over artificially
ripened fruits by use of carbide gas, the South Andaman District special police
teamhave recovered over 6 kgs of calcium carbide chemical used for ripening of
fruits and 277 boxes containing 6045 kgs. of artificially ripened mangoes on
6th June. Three persons have been booked under the Food Safety & Standards
Act, 2006.
On the basis of information, that huge quantity of artificially
ripened mangoes have been stored in the godown of one Shailesh Mishra at Haddo,
the police team comprising of ASI M. Abdul Rasheed, HC Surya Narayan, HC Sanjay
Kujur, Constables RakeshToppo, AshishMallick, Mohd. Imran & M. Raja
Raoalongwith Food and Safety officials of DHS, under the supervision of DySP
(SA) Mohd.Aslam, raided the spot and apprehended three persons namely(1) M.D.
Sabir (34) yrs,pvt.business r/o Round Basti (2). M.D. Tabarak (42)
yrs,pvt.business r/o Babu lane and Shailesh Kr. Mishra (37) yrs,manager,
SaumyaAgrotect Pvt. Ltd. a Kolklatta based company r/o Dollygunj. 6.548 kgs of
calcium carbide were seized on the spot.
It was revealed that Shailesh has the tender for supplying the
fruits to Defencefor which SabirandTabarak brought 10 tons of mangoes from
mainland. To ripen the mangoes, theyused calcium carbide brought from local
market. All three accusedpersons were booked under Food Safety & Standard
Act 2006 and handed over to the accompanying Health Officials alongwith the
chemical and seized mangoes for further legal action.
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