Five fruit vendors were apprehended by the city police in the span of a week for selling adulterated mangoes ripened using chemicals.
The commissioner’s task force on credible information conducted raids at warehouses and various stalls alongside food safety officials of the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) across the city. Huge stocks of chemicals — carbide and ethylene — and several kilograms of adulterated mangoes were seized from the accused, all worth at least Rs 12,61,000.
The accused supplied fruits to different fruit shops and juice centres across Hyderabad.