Man held for illegal storage of PDS rice in Hasanparthy

Police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly illegally procuring and storing rice from the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Hasanparthy and seized 19 cents worth of rice worth ₹57,000.

Acting on credible information about illegal storage of PDS rice, the Task Force team raided the residence of Vallepu Sambaraju (39), a resident of Adarshanagar Colony in Hasanparthy. During the operation, officials seized PDS rice along with a digital scale.

During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to buying PDS rice at lower prices from various areas in Hasanparthy Mandal and selling it at higher prices for profit, police said.

The seized rice and the accused have been handed over to the Hasanpartha police for further investigation and necessary legal action.

The operation was conducted under the supervision of ACP (Task Force) A. Madhusudhan, with the participation of Inspector K. Sridhar, Sub-Inspector T. Veeraswamy and other members of the Task Force team.

Published – 05 Jul 2026 21:23 IST