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Over 1,000 bogus family cards seized

Staff Reporter

NAMAKKAL: The District Supply officials seized 1,138 bogus family cards in Mallasamudram block recently.

Official sources said that the district supply office received widespread complaints that a few residents were using bogus family cards in the block to get goods under the Public Distribution System (PDS).

On instructions from Collector G. Sundaramurthi, the supply officials conducted a door-to-door verification. They detected 1,138 bogus cards and seized them.

They also found irregularities in the sale of goods under the PDS in a few fair price shops.

Officials warned that stern action would be initiated against salesmen of the shops, if they were found committing irregularities.

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