Rawalpindi admin conducts crackdwon against hoarders
RAWALPINDI: On the special directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi, Dr. Hassan Waqar Cheema, the district administration here on Sunday conducted operation against the hoarders.
Special Price Control Magistrate Chaudhry Muhammad Jabbar, along with a team, carried out a raid on three godowns of wholesale dealers in the Ganjmandi area and recovered the hoarded sugar, rice and pulses.
About 900 bags of sugar, 3500 bags of rice and 2000 bags of pulses were confiscated from these godowns.
The Special Price Control Magistrates immediately sealed the godowns.
He said that this stock was not declared with the district administration.
The DC said those responsible for hoarding will face legal action and will be produced before the court of Assistant Commissioner City.