Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jan 19 (PTI) Seven officials and the owner of a sugar mill here have been booked for allegedly short-weighing sugarcane at a purchasing centre in Nanheda village, officials said on Thursday.

District sugarcane officer R D Trivedi told reporters that during a surprise check on Wednesday, it was found that the staff of Khaikhedi sugar mill was short-weighing sugarcane being procured from farmers.

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"This was done by tampering the weighing machine," the officer said.

A case was registered against eight people, including mill owner Rajkumar, under the Essential Commodities Act and the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

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