A mobile court in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia conducted a raid on an unlicensed factory producing counterfeit baby food items including juice, jelly, and liquid yogurt. The operation took place on Wednesday night, May 6, in the Satbaria area of Dharmapur Union. Factory owner Majnu Hossain was fined 100,000 taka, and a large quantity of fake products was destroyed on site.

The raid was led by Bheramara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Rafiqul Islam and Assistant Commissioner (Land) Dr. Gazi Ashiq Bahar, with participation from BSTI Kushtia inspector Asif Karim, field officer Khairul Islam, and local police and Ansar members. According to court sources, the factory had been producing baby food using labels of well-known companies collected from Dhaka’s Chawkbazar, without any government approval and under unhygienic conditions, posing serious health risks.

In a separate operation in the same area, Shahadat Hossain was fined 30,000 taka for possessing bottled sexual stimulant medicines without a license. The upazila administration stated that similar drives against illegal and adulterated factories will continue to protect public health.