The police said organisers on Saturday bought fast food items from Food Plus and served those to participants of the 28th annual general meeting of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Limited at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the capital.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Deputy Minister for Land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and Hedaitul Islam Chowdhury, secretary of the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division, fell sick after having the food.

The deputy minister, the secretary and the 25 others were admitted to different clinics and hospitals in the capital.

Motijheel police arrested Waliullah Majumder, manager of Food Plus in Motijheel, and cooks -- Mojibur Rahman and Ainul Haq -- on Wednesday after BK Patwari, deputy manager of the Samabaya Bank, filed a case.

The police yesterday took them to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka seeking a 10-day remand.

The court however rejected the remand prayer and ordered to send the arrestees to jail.

The investigation officer (IO) in the case mentioned in his forwarding report owner of Food Plus MA Matin in connivance with the arrestees prepared the food items with rotten eggs and other stale ingredients.