Hoarding sugar turned out to be a bitter experience for six people in the city after the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested them for illegally stocking up the commodity.
According to officials, the six were arrested after an order of the district collector directing the police to arrest the accused and send them to different jails in the state.
Sources said that the godowns of the accused in various parts of the district including Jethalpur and Aslali were raided by collectorate officials.
The accused were booked under the Prevention of Black Marketing Act (PBM).
The accused include Brijesh Basant, Rambhai Bharwad, Shardul Bharwad, Sandeep Patel, Sameer Patel and Hasmukh Patel. Senior crime branch officials said that the accused have been arrested and sent to jails in Jamnagar, Rakot, Surat and Vadodara.
Sources said that the six accused had wanted to stock sugar and sell it off when price of the commodity rose further.
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