Mamata warns traders against exploitation, price hike

The chief minister also asked the fisheries department to sell fish through Sufal Bangla outlets

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, 8 MAY

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who chaired a meeting of the agro-marketing department at the state secretariat in Nabanna today, directed officials from various related departments not to lower their guard in monitoring alleged black-marketing and hoarding of essential commodities. She warned that certain unscrupulous traders were attempting to exploit the volatile situation, in the wake of the Indo-Pakistan war-like conditions, for profit.

She also instructed officials, police, and enforcement departments to conduct surprise inspections of city markets to help control prices as and when necessary.