Fake ORsaline factory busted in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, June 3 (UNB): Police have unearthed a factory making fake oral rehydration saline in Sadar upazila.

In a drive at a fake saline factory on Monday night, the law enforcers recovered huge spurious ORsaline and arrested five people.

The arrestees are factory owner Istiaque Ahmed Shakil (28), and its employees Moniruzzaman (22), Sheikh Parvez (20), Yeasin Miah (17), and Hossain (20).

Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Dipankar Roy said Shakil had been manufacturing fake ORsaline, glucose and juice power for the last two months under the brand name 'Unison Foods Company' after hiring the house of Mansur Ali at the village. On information, a team of police conducted a raid on the factory around 10pm on Monday and made the recovery and arrest, he said.