Police yesterday arrested a man at city's Mirpur area with 53 dead chickens as he was allegedly going to supply those to local restaurants. Immediately after the arrest, a number of restaurateurs at Mirpur-13 and Pallabi area shut their restaurants.
"The restaurants have been feeding customers dead chickens for a long time, and a syndicate of poultry farm and restaurant employees are involved in the act," Entezar Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirpur Police Station.
According to the arrestee, a section of poultry farms and depot employees do not dispose of the dead hens, but instead preserve those for sale in local market.
Next time you order a chicken biriani or a chicken do-piaja or Fried Chicken in local restaurant, you better think twice.
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