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The Shyampet constabulary nether Warangal Police Commissionerate jurisdiction person busted a large paddy procurement scam involving a atom mill proprietor and his household members, with 13 people, including the main accused, arrested for their alleged engagement successful the ₹2.10 crore fraud connected Tuesday.
The constabulary seized currency worthy ₹9.50 lakh, a car worthy ₹8 lakh, and 2 cultivation onshore documents worthy ₹32 lakh, and froze ₹54 lakh successful slope accounts.
According to East Zone DCP Ankit Kumar, Bejjanki Srinivas, proprietor of Sambasiva Mini Modern Rice Mill, Kamalapur, and his accomplices had registered fake harvest details and obtained authorities funds illegally.
It is said that they presented 15 household members, relatives, and others arsenic fake farmers and submitted mendacious details that they had cultivated paddy connected 314 acres of authorities onshore successful Shayampet mandal and procured 9,100 quintals of paddy.
The constabulary had earlier arrested 7 different accused successful the case, portion 2 different accused retired of a full of 22 accused are absconding. The arrested see 2 Agriculture Extension Officers (AEO) and in-charges of the IKP paddy procurement centres.
The accused, including Bejjanki Srinivas, were arrested for allegedly procuring paddy successful the sanction of fake farmers during the Rabi play astatine the IKP paddy procurement centres successful Shayampet and Katrapalli.
The constabulary person registered a lawsuit against the accused nether assorted sections of the BNS and IT Act, and the probe is ongoing.
