Selling continues freely despite 'stringent' lawAcids are sold freely at the city's Tantibazar, only a quarter of a kilometre away from Deputy Commissioner's (DC) office which is responsible for controlling production, transport, storage, usage and sale of acids. Taking advantage of the authorities' inactivity, the acid market s running rampant increasing incidents of acid crimes in the country.
"You only have to pay Tk 30 for a pound of sulphuric acid and Tk 40 for a pound of nitric acid. As you have not brought any bottle, you can take this jar for Tk 200," said an acid seller of Goalnagar in Tantibazar showing a little jar capable of containing five pounds of sulphuric acid. He said the price of acid is not fixed and they charge as much as they can from people. He does not face any problem selling acids to those who do not have a licence to use acids or buy acids as the government monitoring is poor.
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