Officials busted a major PDS rice diversion racket in Kothagudem involving GCC MLS point staff, contractors and fair price shop dealers. Fake entries were made to divert 600 bags of rice to the black market. Several persons were booked under BNS and Essential Commodities Act

Kothagudem: In a classic case of fence eating the crop, the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) mandal level stock (MLS) point staff colluded with PDS rice mafia and diverted fine rice meant for distribution in ration shops.

Speaking to the media here on Friday, Additional Collector D Venugopal said that based on reliable information about PDS rice smuggling in the district, Telangana State Vigilance Task Force and Civil Supplies Corporation officials kept surveillance at the GCC MLS point at Paloncha on December

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