The High Court (HC) issued Tuesday a rule asking the Director General of the Directorate General of Food to explain within 72 hours whether the wheat imported from Brazil is fit for human consumption, reports UNB.
An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-UL-Hoque and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman issued the rule upon a writ petition filed by a Supreme Court lawyer Pavel Miah.
The court also fixed July 05 for the next hearing.
Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for the petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Tapash Kumar Biswas represented the state.
Earlier, Pavel Miah, a Supreme Court lawyer filed a writ petition with the High Court on Monday seeking its directives to investigate by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) the allegation of rotten wheat import from Brazil.
The government recently has imported some 0.2 million tonnes of wheat worth Tk 4.0 billion (400 crore) from Brazil and those were being distributed under government programmes such as food for work (kabikha) and Test Relief (TR), and among police, BGB, Ansar, prison, dealers and mills.
There is an allegation that the imported Brazilian wheat is rotten and not consumable. The Directorate General of Food himself questioned the quality of the imported wheat as the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry and authorities of related departments did not provide any certificate in this regard.
The directorate chemists have marked some shipments of the wheat under 'B' category and substandard.
However, then DG of the directorate Sarwar Khan ordered the release of the wheat from Chittagong port after knowing all these matters, said the reports.
Besides, Food Minister Qamrul Islam claimed that the imported wheat is consumable.
Report on edible status of Brazilian wheat: HC
FE Team | Published: July 01, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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