SUKKUR: Sindh police on Tuesday arrested a shopkeeper for allegedly selling overpriced surgical masks in Sukkur district.
According to police, a shopkeeper was nabbed in the city for charging exorbitant rates for the masks that are deemed necessary to avoid person to person transmission of the virus.
The shopkeeper was shifted to a police station for further probe into the matter.
According to Sukkur Mayor Arslan Shaikh, the district administration has been directed to take strict action against people hoarding hand sanitisers or selling them at a higher rate.
“It is shameful how people are trying to profit out of this [coronavirus] crisis,” he added.
