Man held for mixing Phensidyl in energy drink

The proprietor of Asia Agro Food Industry Ltd, Shahed Hossain Patwari, 32, and two others were arrested on Saturday on charge of illegally producing and marketing an energy drink mixed with Phensidyl syrup, Rapid Action Battalion officers said.

They said Shahed and his accomplice 28-year old Imran Hossain were arrested at Chandpur BSCIC Industrial Estate.

They said RAB seized 20,000 bottles of the contraband drink from the spot.

Mahabub Hossain Patwari, 29, another accomplice, was arrested in Old Dhaka.

Executive magistrate Anwar Pasha told New Age that Mahbub was arrested in the capital city and the others were arrested at Chandpur the same day.

RAB officials said the company had been producing and marketing, for long, a new brand of energy drink named Horse Feelings, mixed with Phensidyl syrup.

Filing of a case was underway in this connection till 6:30pm.

Source : New Age

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