Cordon and search operation

The South Zone police on Thursday apprehended six persons for using illegal methods to ripen fruits. “They were found ripening fruit with ethelene and unnatural powder. They got these from China. The method has no sanction from the Horticulture Department,” DCP (South) V. Satyanarayana said. As a part of the cordon and search operation, as many as eight godowns in Moghalpura, Mirchowk and Rein Bazaar areas were raided. Cases under sections 272, 273 and 336 of the IPC were booked against the accused.