Hyderabad: Rachakonda police officials here arrested two men for illegally acquiring and selling several tones of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice. They were taken into custody after a raid was conducted at a rice godown in the outskirts of Jalpally village.
Around 84 tones of rice and a cell phone were seized, a press release from the Rachakonda police said on Tuesday.
The accused, 50-year-old Syed Naimathullah, a resident of Rain Bazar and 30-year-old Syed Saddam, resident of Chandrangutta were found with huge stocks of PDS rice.
They were arrested when they failed to produce any supporting documents.
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