Ahmedabad: Danilimda police arrested the manager of a factory, after they found bags of subsidized fertilizers from a godown of the factory. The factory owner is still absconding. The fertilizer was acquired illegally from Patan and Banaskantha.
D V Tadvi, Danilimda police inspector said that they received a tip-off and raided the factory ‘Rajashvi Chemicals’ situated at Prabhudas Estate and found 276 bags of fertilizer.
The owner of the company, Pushpraj Rajashvi, had stocked the fertilizer there for his use. Tadvi said the raids were conducted late in the night and the stock was recovered. The fertilizer was to be sold to farmers and was illegally acquired by the factory owner.
Police arrested Jayesh Solanki, a resident of Behrampura, the manager of the factory. He told police that he was not aware that the fertilizer was illegally acquired by the factory owner.
Police said that the market value of the bags was Rs 73,554. The owner is absconding, and a search has been launched to search him. Police are trying to find out where Rajashvi acquired the bags from.
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