Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 25: Police seized a CAPD truck loaded with sugar meant for public distribution from a trader.
A police spokesman said that acting on a tip off Baramulla police seized a CAPD truck bearing registration number JK01/7515 and recovered more that 100 bags of sugar meant for public distribution that was diverted to a private trader for selling at exorbitant prices.
The driver of the truck identified as Hafizullah managed to flee from the spot. The trader Khurshid Ahmad Zargar resident of Friends Colony, Kanli Bagh was arrested. The District Magistrate, Baramulla sealed the godown.