Six held across Telangana for selling spurious seeds, herbicide

HYDERABAD: Six persons indulging in sale of spurious seeds and herbicides have been arrested from different locations in the state. Ramagundam police seized Rs 13.7 lakh worth property from their possession.
Acting on specific information, police along with agriculture department officials conducted searches at Rangapur village outskirts in Peddapalli district and arrested three persons in possession of spurious chilli seeds.
The trio informed police that they had obtained the spurious seeds from a fertilizer shop owner, T Srinivas of Gadampalli village in Bhupalapally district. Police raided the shop of Srinivas in Gadampalli and seized Rs 5 lakh worth spurious chilli seeds. During interrogation, Srinivas confessed that B Ravinder Reddy, manager of a chemicals and fertilisers company, had supplied him the seeds.
Police took Reddy into custody and, based on his statement, arrested his employer Sri Harsha and conducted searches at the company’s godown in Auto Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, and Aradhana Pesticides and Fertilizers shop in Mahadevpur. Police also raided houses and shops in Vajedu, Venkatapur of Mulugu district and arrested D Rama Krishna of Cherla, V Venkat Reddy of Mahadevpur, M Venkata Nagendra Babu of Khammam and seized spurious chilli seeds and banned herbicide worth Rs 13.7 lakh.
In 2021, Ramagundam police have registered 41 cases pertaining to sale of spurious seeds and arrested 96 offenders.