Smuggled chicks burned in Satkhira
Our Correspondent, Satkhira
At least 993 layer chickens smuggled from a neighbouring country were burned in Satkhira on Friday on suspicion of their being affected with bird flu virus. District Poultry Traders' Association President Noor Islam said a group of unscrupulous traders is smuggling chickens from a neighbouring country. Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and police sources said acting on a tip-off, BDR seized the chickens from Basantapur in Kaliganj upazila on February 21 while those were being smuggled into the country. The smugglers escape. The seized chickens were kept at local customs warehouse in Basantapur in Kaliganj upazila. As per a decision of the local administration taken at a meeting at Kaliganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer's office, the chickens were burned near Basantapur border outpost, police said.
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