Shop sealed at Fatak Bazar due to non-issuance of cash memo & charging high price of commodities

May 20: Although the district administration Cachar is repeatedly issuing strict warning to shopkeepers not to hike prices of essential food products, yet social media is replete with allegations by the people where vegetables are sold at much higher price than that fixed by the administration in consultation with Food Grains Merchant Association.

Moreover, Magistrates have been deputed by the district administration at various markets (both retail and wholesale) to check whether the merchants are abiding as per the direction. During one such raid on Friday, one store, M/S Santoshi Sabji Arat was sealed at Fatak Bazar due to non issuance of cash memo and charging higher price of commodities. The proprietor of this shop is one Mr T.Roy. Magistrate Himashri Deka led the team which sealed the erring shop.