error on executing json file reader , posting code and error below

package jsonfiles;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;

public class ReadingJSON {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ParseException {
		String path = System.getProperty("user.dir")+"//test.json";
		FileReader reader = new FileReader(path);
		JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
		JSONObject json = (JSONObject)parser.parse(reader);
		System.out.println(json.toJSONString());

	}

}

Error:
Exception in thread "main" Unexpected character (c) at position 9.
	at org.json.simple.parser.Yylex.yylex(Yylex.java:610)
	at org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser.nextToken(JSONParser.java:269)
	at org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser.parse(JSONParser.java:118)
	at org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser.parse(JSONParser.java:92)
	at jsonfiles.ReadingJSON.main(ReadingJSON.java:17)