Two fair price shop dealers arrested for diversion of PDS rice in Adilabad

Police seized 25 quintals of unaccounted rice during surprise inspections in Gadiguda and Lokari (K). A case has been registered and investigation is ongoing

Adilabad: Two fair shop dealers were arrested for allegedly diverting Public Distribution System (PDS) rice in Gadiguda mandal centre and Lokari (K) villages on Monday.

Police seized 25 quintals of rice from them.

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Police said Kura Shivaji and Shaik Javid from Gadiguda and Lokari (K), respectively, were apprehended for the diversion of the rice through their shops.

While Shivaji was found to have stored unaccounted 17.6 quintals of rice, 7.3 quintals were seized from Javid during a surprise inspection of the shops.