INDORE: Traders of Marothia Bazaar area have accused Indore Municipal Corporation IMC ) staff of misbehaving with them during drive against use of banned plastic bags.Traders of Sheetlamata Bazaar, Marothia Bazaar, Santha Bazaar, Bartan Bazaar, Pipli Bazaar and Sarafa have planned to keep their shops closed on Monday to protest against IMC.Traders said that they do not have any issue with the drive, but the manner in which civic body staff and officials were conducting surprise check was a problem for them.Marothia Bazaar Vyapari Sangh members have now decided to meet Mayor Malini Gaud on Monday to raise this issue. A decision in this regard was taken in a meeting of traders on Sunday.“We don’t have a problem with IMC’s drive, but its staff’s behaviour has started causing trouble to us,” said a trader Dinesh Jain.The traders complained that the civic body staff barged in their shops and misbehaved with them. It happened a day after IMC’s health department officials imposed penalty on two of the traders, Meera Kumar and SV Patel, in the area.On Saturday, a team IMC’s health department searched two shops in the area. The team recovered banned plastic bags from their possession.The traders alleged that the IMC staff tried to search their houses as well. The staff had heated argument with traders as they protested the IMC’s action of searching their house.

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