Nawaraj Nepal, Deputy Superintendent of Police at Armed Police Force Nepal No. 16 Headquarters, Sindhupalchowk, informed that more than 300 bags of fertilizer were found from two separate locations after it was found that the chemical fertilizer provided by the government as a subsidy was being illegally stored and sold at high prices.
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Police have seized more than 300 bags of subsidized fertilizer from Balefi Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk.
More than 300 bags of fertilizer were found from two separate locations after the government-subsidized chemical fertilizer was found to be illegally stored and sold at high prices, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Nawaraj Nepal of Armed Police Force Nepal No. 16 Headquarters Sindhupalchowk. According to him, 74 bags of urea and 190 bags of DAP fertilizer were found from the warehouse of 'Sajan Kirana Shop' located in Khadichaur, Balefi Rural Municipality-7. Deputy Superintendent of Police Nepal said that the warehouse was sealed after it was found to be hidden in the shop run by Rajan Shrestha, which is provided by the government as a subsidy.
Similarly, Ajay Tamang was found illegally storing 36 bags of urea fertilizer in the shutter of Mangalmaya Shrestha's house in Balefi-5 Kothe. Police have said that the work of counting the fertilizer found in both places and preparing the necessary documents is underway. Police raided Khadichaur at around 4:30 pm and Kothe at around 5:40 pm. A joint team was deployed from the Armed Police Force Base Lamosanghu under the command of Sub-Inspector Siyaram Chaudhary and Police Inspector Dupendra Budhathoki of the Area Police Office Jalbire.
'According to initial investigation, it is suspected that private shopkeepers have been illegally storing and selling the fertilizer at high prices despite the provision that the subsidy fertilizer should be distributed only through cooperatives,' he said.
Police have said that further investigation is underway into the source of the recovered fertilizer, the role of the person involved and the possible network. Locals have demanded strict action, saying that such activities directly affect farmers at a time when there is a shortage of fertilizer at the beginning of the agricultural season.
