Telangana: Four held for selling banned tobacco products, adulterated tea powder

Hyderabad: The Vikarabad District Task Force caught four persons on charges of selling banned tobacco products and adulterated tea powder in Kodangal on Wednesday. In one case, K Kashinath (34), from Ravulapalli village was selling adulterated tea powder and gutkha. Five kg of adulterated tea powder and gutkha products worth Rs 3,000 were seized from […]

Hyderabad: The Vikarabad District Task Force caught four persons on charges of selling banned tobacco products and adulterated tea powder in Kodangal on Wednesday.

In one case, K Kashinath (34), from Ravulapalli village was selling adulterated tea powder and gutkha. Five kg of adulterated tea powder and gutkha products worth Rs 3,000 were seized from him.

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In the second case, Megharaj (38), from Ravulapalli was arrested and 120 kg of adulterated tea powder and gutkha worth Rs.1.1 lakh was seized.

In the third case, Lakshmikanth, a resident of the same village running a pan shop was arrested in illegal possession of 81 kg of adulterated tea powder and tobacco material worth Rs.6,000. All three said they bought the material from Mallikarjuna, a resident of Sampalli village. He was arrested and seized 18 quintals of adulterated tea powder and artificial colour was seized from him.

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