Middlemen syndicate active in Magura

MAGURA, June 23: A middlemen syndicate is active in Magura to cash money in Ramadan.
The syndicate is dominating over market exploiting consumers. Common people in the district are facing hard time as price of necessaries has registered a sharp rise with the arrival of Ramadan.
Green chilly is being sold in the local market at Tk 60 per kg as against Tk 40 before Ramadan, brinjal is being sold at Tk 50 per kg as against Tk 24, cucumber is being sold at Tk 50 per kg as against Tk 24 and potato is being sold at Tk 24 per kg as against Tk 16 before Ramadan.
When contacted schoolmistress Beloara Khanom of Magura town said, "Prices of necessary commodities are now beyond our reach, though supply of goods in the market is adequate. But unscrupulous traders are exploiting common people by making syndicate."
On contact Rezaul Islam, a vegetable grower of village Ramanagar of Magura town said, "Before Ramadan we sold brinjal at Tk 16 per kg in the wholesale market. We are still selling it at the same rate. But how it is being sold in the retail market at Tk 50 per kg is not understandable to us."
When contacted, Akram Mollah, a vegetable wholesaler of Dhaka Road area in Magura town denied the allegation of making syndicate and said due to heavy rainfall in the district in recent time supply of vegetables has decreased in the local market. Consequently the prices have jumped.
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