KARACHI: Karachi divisional and district administration challaned 78 shopkeepers and imposed a fine of Rs 144500 while three were arrested and sent to jail for violating the official price list for edible items, said Karachi Commissioner, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui on Friday.
Total 41 milk sellers, 16 grocers, 12 chicken sellers, four vegetable retailers, nine fruit sellers and one flour miller.
The profiteers were fined in areas include Saddar, Civil Lines, Garden, SITE, Baldia, Ferozabad, Jamshed Quarters, Gulshan e Iqbal, Gulzar e Hijri, Liaqutabad, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Orangi, Baldia, Bin Qasim, Ibrahim Hyderi, New Karachi, Landhi, Korangi and Model colony in ongoing crackdown against them.
Administrative officers have been assigned permanent duties at the time of auction in wholesale markets of fruits and vegetables to curb artificial shortage of commodities, said the Commissioner.
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