The seized rice
UDUPI: Officials of the department of civil supplies and consumer affairs and police in a joint operation seized rice meant for distribution through fair price shops (FPS) at Koteshwara in Kundapur taluk late on Friday.
Police in their preliminary inquiry have identified Uday Kumar Shetty of Koteshwara, Aazam of Mangaluru and Rama Poojary of Udupi as the main accused behind this racket to divert rice and efforts are on to apprehend them.
Based on a tip-off that rice had been illegally stored in a shed owned by Uday Kumar behind a hotel on Halady road in Koteshwara, Sadashiva R Gavaroji, PSI, Kundapur police station and staff along with Suresh, food inspector, Kundapur raided the place. Authorities seized 25,120kg of rice valued at Rs 3.76 lakh, two goods transportation vehicles worth Rs 6 lakh, sewing machine and weighing scale valued at Rs 5,000.
Kundapur: Late night raid - Huge stock of ration items seized
Sat, Jan 02 2021 02:49:14 PM
Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Jan 2: The food inspector and police personnel, in a raid they conducted at Koteshwar near here during the late night hours on Friday January 1, seized ration rice amounting to lacs of rupees that had been illegally stored for being sold in the open market.
During the preliminary investigation, it was found that Uday Kumar Shetty from Koteshwar, Ajam from Mangaluru and Rama Poojary from Udupi were the accused in the case. The accused have gone underground and the police have been making efforts to nab them.