The complaint of Ferozepur Chief Agriculture Officer has been handed implicit to Fazilka Chief Agriculture Officer Sandeep Kumar. (File/ Representational Image)
Ferozepur Chief Agriculture Officer was placed nether suspension connected Thursday, a time aft 3,236 bags of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer, unauthorisedly stored successful a warehouse successful Punjab, were recovered during a raid.
Punjab Financial Commissioner (Development) Anurag Verma took enactment against Jangeer Singh arsenic the Chief Agriculture Officer reportedly failed to springiness a satisfactory reply regarding the hoarding of DAP fertilizer.
Ferozepur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ranveer Singh connected Wednesday raided Sachdeva Traders and seized 161.8 metric tonnes of fertilizer, amid reports that DAP is being sold successful achromatic marketplace owed to shortage.
The complaint of Ferozepur Chief Agriculture Officer has been handed implicit to Fazilka Chief Agriculture Officer Sandeep Kumar.
Verma has besides ordered Ferozepur Deputy Commissioner to registry a lawsuit against the warehouse owners nether the Essential Commodities Act aft seeking the proposal of the District Attorney.
Deputy Commissioner Deep Shikha Sharma had ordered raids astatine each the retention abstraction to cheque unauthorised retention of DAP.