Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- A Dhaka court handling food fraud cases has sent a suspect to jail in a case filed for marketing KitKat chocolate that reportedly came out substandard in a government laboratory test.

The court of Special Metropolitan Magistrate Nusrat Sahara Bithi sent Mozammel Hossain, a supplier, to jail on Sunday after he was produced before it. The court rejected Mozammel's bail plea.

Dhaka South City Corporation's Food Safety Inspector Kamrul Hasan confirmed the matter.

Police arrested Mozammel, owner of Sumaiya Enterprise, a marketer of the Nestle-produced KitKat chocolate bar, from Moulvibazar.

The court had earlier issued an arrest warrant against Mozammel on Nov 3 after the case against him was filed.

"The suspect did not c...