8,230 kg of ration rice seized in Madurai
The Hindu
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the case
The Madurai unit of the Civil Supplies – Criminal Investigation Department has seized 8,230 kg of ration rice, including 25 bags with the fair price shop seal. Four persons, including a salesman of a ration shop, Mohammed Jahir Ali, have been arrested.
Acting upon an intelligence input, the Civil Supplies CID sleuths, raided a tin-sheeted godown at MMC Colony in Avaniyapuram on Monday night. They found ration rice worth ₹46,499. This included 23 gunny bags, each weighing 50 kg, with the official seal of the PDS. The bags were smuggled from a ration shop in Jaihindpuram.
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