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Officials reportedly detained 2 persons and seized 350 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) atom packed successful 700 bags, valued astatine astir ₹14.70 lakh, during a astonishment cheque adjacent Kagithalapuram Bypass astatine Manubolu mandal successful SPSR Nellore territory connected Sunday.
Acting connected credible information, a associated squad of Civil Supplies, Revenue and Police Department officials inspected vehicles astatine Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Shakti Filling Station astatine Kagithalapuram Bypass.
The squad saw a motortruck with registration fig AP 26 TL 6359 parked successful a country and proceeded to inspect it. Upon inspection, authorities reportedly discovered the conveyance was illegally loaded with 350 quintals of PDS rice. The seized consignment of atom was valued astatine ₹14.70 lakh, portion the conveyance utilized for transport was worthy ₹8 lakh.
A lawsuit has been registered against the 2 accused astatine Manubolu constabulary presumption nether Section 318 (4) of the IPC and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. ASO C. Lakshminarayana Reddy, Manubolu Inspector M.S. Rakesh Yadav, and different officials participated successful the inspection.
Police identified the accused arsenic Ogireddy Sudhakar Reddy, PDS atom mediator from Nimmareddypalem colony of Darsi mandal successful Prakasam district, and Ambati Suresh, owner-cum-driver of the truck.
Speaking connected the occasion, Joint Collector Mogli Venkateswarlu announced that strict enactment volition beryllium taken against those illegally transporting PDS goods meant for the mediocre and warned that those progressive successful specified irregularities volition not beryllium ignored nether immoderate circumstances.
