Ludhiana, October 21
High drama was witnessed at Sharma Sweets, Model Town, today when the owner of the sweets shop locked a team of the Health Department and the district administration along with himself inside the shop to prevent the from taking take the sweets samples from his shop. A case has been registered against the shop owner, Jaspal Singh.
Mukesh Sharma, Executive Magistrate, who was also accompanying the health team, said when they went to Sharma Sweets located at Model Town for collecting sweets samples, the owner of the shop did not allow them to do their duty.
“He started making calls but did not allow the health team to collect samples despite our requests for cooperation. We told him that we were there on the orders of the Deputy Commissioner and also showed him the papers but still he did not allow the team to collect samples. He instead asked one of his employees to put up the shutters, thus locked the raiding team along with himself inside the shop. We contacted the police, who reached the spot, after which the shop was opened and the samples were taken,” said Sharma.
Food Safety Officer Ravinder Garg said although he signed the documents confirming that the samples were taken from his shop but he did not sign the samples. He has absconded. “We collected the samples and sealed them. It is mandatory for the owner of the shop to sign the samples to confirm that these belong to his shop. Though the police were also present at the shop, he managed to flee from the scene,” said Garg.
The District Health Officer, Dr Abnash Kumar, said the raids were conducted with the sole motive that people got pure sweets during the festivals.
DC Rajat Aggarwal said he had ordered the collection of samples from the shop. According to information received by him, the owner was not allowing the team to collect samples on the plea that he was planning to close down the shop soon. “If he is planning to close down the shop that does not mean he will not give the samples,” said the DC.
Six samples were collected from Khushi Ram, three from Lovely Sweets and four from Dhodha Sweets.
High drama was witnessed at Sharma Sweets, Model Town, today when the owner of the sweets shop locked a team of the Health Department and the district administration along with himself inside the shop to prevent the from taking take the sweets samples from his shop. A case has been registered against the shop owner, Jaspal Singh.
Mukesh Sharma, Executive Magistrate, who was also accompanying the health team, said when they went to Sharma Sweets located at Model Town for collecting sweets samples, the owner of the shop did not allow them to do their duty.
“He started making calls but did not allow the health team to collect samples despite our requests for cooperation. We told him that we were there on the orders of the Deputy Commissioner and also showed him the papers but still he did not allow the team to collect samples. He instead asked one of his employees to put up the shutters, thus locked the raiding team along with himself inside the shop. We contacted the police, who reached the spot, after which the shop was opened and the samples were taken,” said Sharma.
Food Safety Officer Ravinder Garg said although he signed the documents confirming that the samples were taken from his shop but he did not sign the samples. He has absconded. “We collected the samples and sealed them. It is mandatory for the owner of the shop to sign the samples to confirm that these belong to his shop. Though the police were also present at the shop, he managed to flee from the scene,” said Garg.
The District Health Officer, Dr Abnash Kumar, said the raids were conducted with the sole motive that people got pure sweets during the festivals.
DC Rajat Aggarwal said he had ordered the collection of samples from the shop. According to information received by him, the owner was not allowing the team to collect samples on the plea that he was planning to close down the shop soon. “If he is planning to close down the shop that does not mean he will not give the samples,” said the DC.
Six samples were collected from Khushi Ram, three from Lovely Sweets and four from Dhodha Sweets.
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