5 men deducting amount of Ehsas Program beneficiaries arrested in Umerkot.

Byline: Gulsher Rajput

UMERKOT -- A complete lockdown was ensured in Umerkot for the 20th consecutive day on Saturday. In this regard all the markets and business areas remained closed. The district administration has also opened 23 centres to distribute financial assistance of Rs 12000 amongst the women under Ehsas Program. A large number of women were seen at all the centres, while no arrangement was made by the concerned authorities at these centres. The local agents were deducting Rs 500 to Rs 1000 from the amount of beneficiaries due to which the police arrested two men namely Mahesh Kumar and Prem Kumar, while a case was lodged against five agents including Dilip Kumar, Prem...