Rs.500,000 fine for selling overpriced rice at co-op city shop

By Ranjith Rajapakse   

The manager of a cooperative shop belonging to Ginigathhena  Multipurpose Cooperative Society who pleaded guilty of selling Kiri  Samba rice in excess of the control price was fined Rs. 500,000 by  Hatton Magistrate and District Judge M. Farookdeen yesterday.   

Nuwara Eliya District Unit of Consumer Affairs Authority had filed action against the Cooperative Society.   
Head of the District CAA Unit Amila Ratnayake said they  carried out the raid in response to public complaints that the Co-op city  was selling Kiri Samba for Rs.100 more than the control price.