Three held for transporting 700 kg fake cotton seed
The Hindu
Three held for transporting 700 kg fake cotton seed
A gang of three involved in peddling fake cotton seed was arrested while transporting them, in a joint operation by the Balanagar Special Operations Team (SOT) and Bachupally police, on Tuesday.
The police seized 700 kilograms of fake BG-III cotton seed worth ₹17.5 lakh from them.
The accused were identified as Aluru Madanna, 54, a farmer from Ganjerla village in Kurnool district, Adarsh, 26, the lorry driver, and Golla Uday, 23, the cleaner.
Investigation revealed that the main accused Madanna allegedly manufactured the fake seed by mixing dye with seed collected from a ginning mill in Gajendragad, Karnataka. He then transported them to Hyderabad to sell them to brokers. During interrogation, Madanna confessed to having sold similar fake seeds to farmers in Jangaon through brokers in the past.
Madanna’s bank account has been frozen and the seized samples have been sent for testing. A case was booked by the Bachupally police and investigations are underway.
Madanna was previously arrested by Yalal police of Vikarabad district for similar offences.
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