Officers seized 150 quintals of ration rice in Tandur

Tandur: The vigilance, civil supplies, and police officials have conducted a raid with the information of illegal storage of ration rice on Monday evening. According to the officials, V Venkatesham of Chengole village in Tandur Mandal is doing business by illegally storing the ration rice.

In the raid, the officials have found 150 quintals of ration rice illegally stored in a room behind the Reliance petrol pump near Gouthampur here in Mandal. The seized ration rice was shifted to the stock point in Tandur.

It's reported that the concerned traders are collecting the ration rice and illegally transporting to Karnataka via Kodangal and Zahirabad. Over this, the police have registered a criminal case on the accused Venkatesham. The Joint Collector will investigate the case.