Ujjain: The administration suspended fair cost shop and registered a police complaint against the shop owner. District procurement officer ML Maroo informed that throughout a raid on December 22, 2020 on Raja Bakery factory situated at Juna Somwariya location the administration unearthed a substantial quantity of salt which was meant to be supplied for public distribution program. The government supplies it at concessional price for the beneficiaries of public distribution program. During interrogation the unit owner Mohammed Javed resident of Gonsa Darwaza location alleged that the salt was bought from a fair cost shop becoming run by Triveni Sahakari Upbhokta Bhandar situated at Kamari Marg.
During probe and verification of the stock the officials located that the fair cost shop sold the salt to be supplied to the buyer at concessional price by means of PDS was sold to the bakery owner. The stock of wheat, rice, gram, sugar and kerosene was also located much less as per the stock books.
The administration has suspended the shop. On the complaints of investigating officials Jiwajiganj police station registered an FIR against Mohammed Javed and PDS shop owner Satyanarayan Yadav for violation of PDS (manage) order-2015 and Essential Commodity Act.