Acting on a report regarding the sale of rotten chicken and fish in Diskit Market, Tehsildar Diskit Tashi Jorgais issued an order under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, directing the immediate removal and disposal of the unfit food items.

According to the order, shopkeeper Bilal Ahmed, son of Bashir Ahmed Bhat and a resident of Kulgam, Srinagar, was found allegedly selling and supplying rotten chicken and fish at his shop, Bilal Chicken Shop, in Diskit, Nubra. The food items were found unfit for human consumption and posed a serious threat to public health.

The order directed that the rotten chicken and fish stored or displayed for sale be removed and disposed of immediately in accordance with the prescribed procedure. It also directed that no rotten, stale or otherwise unfit food items be stored, displayed or sold in the market in future.

The seized food items were subsequently disposed of safely and in accordance with the prescribed procedure, ensuring that they posed no risk to human beings or animals.

The disposal was carried out in the presence of TSO Diskit Chhering Tundup of the FCS&CA Department, a Patwari from the Revenue Department, police personnel and sanitary inspectors.

The Tehsildar warned that failure to comply with the order or recurrence of such violations would invite appropriate action under the relevant provisions of law.