PUNE: Officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized gutka and paan masala totally worth Rs 7.34 lakh from a grocery shop in Loni Kalbhor in Pune district on Monday afternoon.
"We received a tip-off following which we kept a watch and raided the grocery shop in Loni Kalbhor. The shop owner had stocked a large amount of banned products in his shop and was selling them in a clandestine manner to his clients at a higher price," Shashikant Kekare, joint commissioner (food), FDA, Pune.
A team of food safety officials (FSO) comprising Avinash Dabhade, Sachin Aadhav and V R Sonawande conducted the raid under the guidance of assistant commissioner (food) Shivkumar Kodgire
"A first information report (FIR) in this regard has been lodged with the Loni Kalbhor police station under section 328 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The state government has made the manufacture, sale and distribution of gutka a non-bailable offence now," said Kekare.
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