Police in Morang district arrested a pharmacy owner from Biratnagar Metropolitan City-9 on charge of black-marketing face masks on Saturday evening.
The arrestee has been identified as Bhupendranath Adhikari, a 31-year-old resident of Biratnagar Metropolis.
Adhikari is the owner of the pharmacy which is located opposite Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-7. Adhikari had been selling a full face mask for Rs 8,500 while the actual cost of one unit is Rs 6,880. He had sold one such face mask at a higher price to Shyam Chaudhary, a 37-year-old resident of Sunsari Municipality-7. Acting on a tip-off, security personnel deployed from the Morang-based District Police Office (DPO) arrested Adhikari from the pharmacy. They also seized one set of silicon full face mask from the pharmacy store.
He has been charged with the Black Marketing and Social Crimes and Punishments Act (2032) and further investigation is underway, informed DPO-Morang.
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