Bengaluru, Apr 15 (IANS): The police here have booked five shopkeepers for fleecing customers amid the Covid-19 induced lockdown, and escalated the issue to the Civil Supplies and Weights and Measures departments, an official said on Wednesday.

"We have checked randomly, they (shopkeepers) were charging more than the MRP," Central Crime Branch Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kuldeep Jain, told IANS.

He said the two departments will probe the matter further and take further action.

"We have not yet arrested anyone. This is a non-cognizable offence and we have to take permission from the court. First the respective departments (civil supplies and weights and measures) have to probe the matter," he said.

According to Jain, the two departments will give a proper report on the initial complaint which the police have raised.

He said Kamashipalya and Vijayanagar police stations were among the stations which booked the five shopkeepers, one of whom was also booked under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act.