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Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Mr.
Radhakrishnan said the officials had neglected the family’s repeated petitions on alleged harassment by the usurer. more-inThe Collector of Tirunelveli district should have been dismissed and action initiated against the police officials in connection with the deaths of a family of four reportedly due to usury, Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon. Had the officials acted on the complaint immediately, the lives of four persons would not have been lost, he said. On withdrawal of subsidy for sugar distributed through ration shops, Mr.
Radhakrishnan said subsidy was meant only for those who could not afford to buy commodities at market prices and not for the affluent. “The Centre will continue with the subsidy for the people below poverty line and the downtrodden..