Mortgaged ration cards returned to daily wagers in Bengal village amid lockdown: Officials

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Talking to PTI, Jhalda BDO Rajkumar Biswas said, "Both the moneylender and the daily wager who mortgaged his card are offenders. This is illegal, how can someone mortgage government property? As soon as we came to know about the issue, we recovered the cards and returned them to their rightful owners so that they can collect rations."
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First Published: Apr 17 2020 | 5:10 PM IST