FPS owner sells wheat at Rs 150/kg, held

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

Surat: The anti corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths nabbed a couple in Syalda village of Olpad taluka for allegedly charging more than the fixed price from below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries at a fair price shop. Further, he was charging higher amount for the same food grain from those eligible to receive it at concessional rates,” said B K Vanar, police inspector, ACB. The trap was laid at Pandit Deen Dayal Grahak Bhandar in Syalda. The fair price shop license is in the name of Manharlal while his wife was present at the shop at time of trap.“It came to knowledge of ACB officials that the shop owner was not issuing food grains as per eligibility of the BPL beneficiaries. The duo took Rs 150 for 10 kg wheat from a BPL beneficiary which was supposed to be sold at Rs two per kg to him, ACB sources said.They nabbed Bhanu Modi and her husband Manharlal and also found that the couple was issuing less foodgrains and other products to the beneficiaries.

Surat: The anti corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths nabbed a couple in Syalda village of Olpad taluka for allegedly charging more than the fixed price from below poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries at a fair price shop. The duo took Rs 150 for 10 kg wheat from a BPL beneficiary which was supposed to be sold at Rs two per kg to him, ACB sources said.They nabbed Bhanu Modi and her husband Manharlal and also found that the couple was issuing less foodgrains and other products to the beneficiaries. The trap was laid at Pandit Deen Dayal Grahak Bhandar in Syalda. The fair price shop license is in the name of Manharlal while his wife was present at the shop at time of trap.“It came to knowledge of ACB officials that the shop owner was not issuing food grains as per eligibility of the BPL beneficiaries. Further, he was charging higher amount for the same food grain from those eligible to receive it at concessional rates,” said B K Vanar, police inspector, ACB.

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