Woman attacks police with chilli powder
The Hindu
Authorities went to recover commodities from the PDS dealer
A Public Distribution System (PDS) ration depot dealer allegedly attacked the police with red chilli powder while the latter attempted to enter the depot to recover the commodities and electronic device, at Nadurubada village of Rayavaram mandal in East Godavari district, on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the presence of Ramachandrapuram Revenue Divisional Officer Sindhu Subramanyam and DSP Bala Chandra Reddy. The woman has been identified as Mirthipati Jyothi, who reportedly did not surrender the commodities and electronic device to the revenue officials. A local court had recently cancelled her dealership and a local self-help group had been entitled to run the PDS depot.
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