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The smugglers are procuring the grains from dealers of fair price shops and middlemen who purchase the rice from beneficiaries of the food security scheme.

Police reported that a case has been filed against three unidentified individuals for assaulting Imran Khan, a resident of Dwarakanagar in the town. According to Khan, the attackers targeted him, accusing him of revealing information about PDS rice smugglers to the authorities. He claimed that they branded him a police informant before physically assaulting him.

Value of the grains was assessed to be Rs 7.48 lakh

Sangareddy SP Chennuri Rupesh released the annual crime report of the district on Friday. The district recorded 55 murders, 10 murders for gain, 88 kidnaps, and 131 rapes

Minister for Civil Supplies N Manohar says illegal rice exports worth Rs 48,537 crore, amounting to over 1.3 crore MT, were routed through Kakinada Port

Expresses his ire over the port authorities and local MLA for failing to check the smuggling of the rice meant for the Public Distribution System

The SP wanted officials to identify the places with more accidents (black spots) and coordinate with the relevant authorities to prevent them.

Smugglers are gathering rice from various parts of the district and using the bridge to transport it to the neighboring state. In addition to the Sundilla bridge, the Annaram (Sarasvathi) barrage and the Kaleshwaram interstate bridge are also being used for rice smuggling activities.

According to police, the duo collected rice from poor people and smuggling it to Karnataka where it was sold at a higher price

The Singareni MEMU express operated daily between Bhadrachalam Road and Balharshah of Maharashtra has apparently become a boon for public distribution system (PDS) rice smugglers.

The worth of the seized PDS rice is estimated to be Rs 7,000.

They were identified as Kamalapathi Srinivas, a rice trader from Andhra Pradesh and Makavan Giridhar Bai, who were taking the rice from Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka. 

In the first incident, a truck carrying 35 tonnes of PDS rice was intercepted at Shadnagar and one person identified as Pradeep was arrested.

The officials said that Syed Arif and Isaq Ahmed of Kaghaznagar town were booked for allegedly diverting the rice grains.

The six confessed to committing the offence to make a fast buck.

Acting on information, the police raided different premises at Shadnagar, Shamshabad, Rajendranagar and Pahadishareef.

On Monday, the Sangareddy police uncovered a PDS recycling operation, seizing a staggering 500 tonnes of PDS rice from a rice mill situated in the Pashamylaram Industrial Area, within the jurisdiction of the BDL Bhanur police station.

A case under Section 6A of The Essential Commodities Act was booked against the shop and the shop was handed over to Ramanujavarapu fair price shop dealer as additional responsibility.

Acting on a tip off, the SOT police caught one person Megavath Naveen (30) and seized the PDS rice bags.

Ganja hot spots across the district have to be identified and register cases against ganja smugglers as well as users, he said.