5 flour dealers arrested over profiteering.

PESHAWAR -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department Saturday arrested five flour dealers and suspended their quota over profiteering in selling subsidized flour.

On the directives of Advisor to KP CM on Food, Mian Khaleeq-ur-Rehman, the food authorities checked flour rates at the shops of flour dealers at Hassan Khel locality and also collected first hand information from the general public on the occasion.

During checking the officials of the Food Department came to know that instead of a price of Rs.860/- five dealers were selling it at Rs.920/- per bag. All five dealers were arrested and a formal dispatch was sent to the concerned police station in this regard.

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