The city administration has challaned 132 shopkeepers including 82 green grocers, 20 milk sellers, 16 grocers, six chicken sellers, five fruit sellers and three flour sellers at different markets during the last 24 hours.
Officials on Tuesday said that these retailers of essential food items were also fined of Rs 1,46,200 for fleecing citizens and violating the official price lists for the cited goods.
Campaign against profiteers is going on, for quite some time, in the city following the directives of the Karachi commissioner.
