PDS rice, vehicle seized, two booked

Based on specific information that rice meant for the public distribution system (PDS) was being illegally transported for sale in the black market, officials intercepted a vehicle near the Vishwaradhya temple on Aland Road on the outskirts of Kalaburagi on Monday and seized 2,280 kg of rice.

Officials of the Sub-Urban Police Station along with the Food Inspector intercepted the vehicle near a petrol bunk connecting Aland Road and seized it along with the rice packets being transported to Osmanabad district in Maharashtra for illegal sale.

Officials seized the rice, valued at ₹82,000, and the vehicle worth about ₹5 lakh.

A case has been registered at the Sub-Urban Police Station against Siddu Poojari and driver Rahul Kalakutagi. Investigation is under way.