Hyderabad, Nov. 5: Vigilance Enforcement officials seized 150 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice during raids at a rice mill in Manchala, Rangareddy district.
A team led by SP Ramkumar and DSP Venkat Reddy inspected Raghavendra Rice Mill on Wednesday. Officials found that the mill was allegedly polishing ration rice, packing it under branded labels and selling it in the open market.
They seized 50 quintals of polished rice packed under different brands. Officials also seized more than 100 quintals of ration rice stored in a nearby godown.
Officials Find Illegal Rice Processing and Storage
Vigilance SP Ramkumar said the searches followed reliable information. The mill was allegedly mixing polished PDS rice and packing it under 20 different brand labels.
Officials also found that the mill was operating without the required licence, GST registration and tax compliance, according to the SP. He said an investigation would follow and legal action would be taken against the management.
DSO Vanajatha, Sudhakar, Manchala CI Madhu and other officials participated in the operation.
Separately, vigilance officials inspected Ganesh Agro Industries Rice Mill in Pocharam village, Ibrahimpatnam mandal, on Wednesday.
Legal Metrology officials registered a case over alleged violations involving weighing equipment. These included operating a weighing machine without a licence, missing 20 kg and 50 kg machines, and missing required weights at the weighbridge.
Deputy Tehsildar Ramakrishna, Legal Metrology Inspector Sudhakar, Vigilance CI Pandari and Mahesh took part in the inspection.
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