After getting information from alert villagers of Selhara village of Vishnugarh block, DC Hazaribagh Mukesh Kumar acted quickly and the team of officials sent by him seized 40 bags of PDS food grain going to black market.
As per Vishnugarh source when the villagers saw their PDS shopkeeper loading bags of food grain on a vehicle they first opposed and warned the shopkeeper not to do so. The shopkeeper refused to unload the bags then the villagers first informed the marketing officer of the area but he failed to reach the spot.
In the meantime, shopkeeper started the vehicle loaded with food grains. The villagers then called DC Hazaribagh on his mobile and started following the vehicle. When the team of officials reached there as per the information of villagers, the shopkeeper was unloading the bags in Vishnugarh market. The food grains were seized at the spot. DC Kumar has said that action will be taken against the shopkeeper and marketing officer after getting report.