Mangalore: It's Raining Raids - Six Shops Sealed, but Wrongdoers Escaping Penalty?
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, Jun 6: City Corporation officials continued their raids in and around the city on Wednesday June 6 in a bid to curb malpractices and unauthorized businesses.
The officials sealed as many as six shops in Empire Mall for running business without license. A notice was given to the food court to maintain cleanliness henceforth.
The officials then raided Prestige Hotel owned by actor Sunil Shetty in Balmatta. The officials warned the management to keep the kitchen clean and use proper ventilation.
The raid was carried out under the direction of MCC commissioner Dr Harish. Other officials included environmental engineer Manjunath R Shetty and health inspectors Yashwanth, Bharath Kumar, Santhosh, Sushanth, Nirmala, Karunakar, Basavaraj, Baba Mallanna and Poovappa.
Though the officials have been doing their duty in conducting raids across the city over the past several days, it is learnt that the traders escaped from paying penalty in most of the cases that were reported earlier.
Sources said that earlier though officials raided an unauthorized slaughter house in Kudroli and seized as many as 26 sheep along with skins and sealed the place, the slaughter house functioned normally soon and all the sheep were brought back for a paltry fine of Rs 2,000.
It is said that though the officials are doing their work dutifully, due to pressure from some quarters, appropriate action is not being taken on wrongdoers.
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