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Agora Chairman Niaz Rahim jailed for adulterated food in superstores
Superstore chain Agora’s boss Niaz Rahim has been convicted of selling adulterated food and jailed.
Published : 28 Dec 2017, 11:02 AM
Updated : 28 Dec 2017, 04:07 PM
On Thursday, the Pure Food Court in Dhaka found him guilty in two separate cases.
Rahim has been ordered one-year jail terms each in the cases.
The superstore chain’s chairman has been also slapped a fine of Tk 50,000 in the each of the cases.
A person with overall knowledge of Agora told bdnews24.com that private equity fund Brummer and Partners Asset Management Bangladesh Ltd, the local concern of the Swedish firm, owns majority share of the superstore now. It also controls the management of Agora.
A group director of Rahimafrooz, Rahim also serves as the chairman of several concerns of the business group.
He was sent to Dhaka Central Jail after the verdict was announced, Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbub Sobhani said.
“The lawsuits were filed in 2008 and both of them involved adulterated ghee brought from the superstore,” Sobhani, who presides the Pure Food Court, told bdnews24.com.
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