A police team, headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police of Shorapur and Investigating Officer Javeed Inamdar, has so far arrested six accused in connection with the misuse of 6,077 quintals of rice and recovered ₹52.70 lakh in cash from them.
The rice was stored in the Taluk Agricultural Produce Marketing Cooperative Society (TAPMCS) in Shahapur and meant to be distributed to beneficiaries through the public distribution system.
Shivappa Mallappa Surpur, Shivaraj Gundappa Haligera, Abdul Nabi, Mallanagouda Kollur, Maheboob Tarkasi and Venkatesh Nasi are those arrested by the police. They have been produced before a local court which has sent them all to judicial custody.
