Hyderabad: Keesara police on Wednesday arrested eight people on charges of illegally transporting PDS rice and seized 26 tonnes of rice.
The arrested persons were Mohd Aslam, Mohd Majeed, Mohd Yousuf, Mohd Mujeeb, Kisna Kanha, Raju, Shaik Allauddin and Syed Feroz, all residents of Musheerabad and Gujarat.
Police said the suspects collected PDS rice from real beneficiaries in Hyderabad and illegally transported it to Gujarat and sold it to traders at higher rates.
Source: Telangana Today