3 more held in illegal sale of PDS rice in old city

Continuing their crackdown on the illegal transport of PDS rice, the city police here on Tuesday arrested three more persons for selling rice meant for public distribution. 

The arrested have been identified as Mir Mehraj Ali Hashmi, 36, of



Gulshan Nagar in Misrigunj, and Syed Hamed, 39, and Syed Shaki Hashmi, 34, both residents of Hasan Nagar. While Ali and Shaik Hashmi were ration shop workers, Hameed was a businessman, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Task Force, YVS Sudeendra.