Police in Mancherial arrested one person in connection with a Rs 1.39 crore fraud involving fabricated paddy procurement records. The scam, linked to a rice mill and traders from Maharashtra, targeted Civil Supplies Department funds.

Mancherial: Police arrested one person for allegedly misappropriating Rs 1.39 crore from the Civil Supplies Department by fabricating records of paddy procurement at a centre in Jaipur mandal on Saturday. Twelve others involved in the fraud remain absconding.

According to police, the arrested person, Thatipalli Saikumar of Jaipur mandal headquarters, played a key role in the scam that took place at a paddy procurement centre catering to Narsingapur and Maddulapalli villages.

A case has been registered against 13 persons following a complaint from C

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