Hanif Biryani owner, five others face arrest warrants

A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrants against six individuals, including Md Imtiaz Uddin Rahid, owner of Hanif Biryani, in separate cases filed under the Safe Food Act.

Dhaka Special Metropolitan Magistrate Nusrath Sahara Bithi issued the warrants, said Dhaka South City Corporation Safe Food Inspector Kamrul Hasan.

Others facing arrest warrants are – Sheikh Jinia Akter Nipu, owner of Rizil Catering; Sayed Sardar, owner of Adi Nanna Biryani; Md Hafizur Rahman Mallik, owner of Café Ilish Restaurant; Khorshed Alam of Mithila Enterprise, a yogurt supplier; and A Razzak Howlader, owner of China Park Chinese and Thai Restaurant.

Earlier, DSCC Safe Food Inspector Kamrul Hasan filed the cases after chemical tests found food items from their establishments to be substandard.

According to case documents, tomato sauce from Rizil Catering, shahi borhani from Hanif Biryani, borhani from Adi Nanna Biryani, yogurt from Café Ilish Restaurant, and yogurt supplied by Mithila Enterprise were found to be substandard. 

China Park Chinese and Thai Restaurant has also been accused of using toxic colouring in its food.