Traders arrested for diverting rice meant for PDS
PTI | 10:09 PM,Sep 02,2010Kendrapara (Orissa), Sep 2 (PTI) Two traders were arrested today on charges of diverting rice meant for below the poverty line (BPL) people under the public distribution system in Kendrapara district, police said.A mini-lorry carrying the smuggled 50 bags of PDS rice was seized and the trader-duo of Sisir Das and Shanka Sahu were arrested in Badiha village under Mahakalpada police station area, about 25 km from here.PDS retailer from whom the accused traders from Pattamundai area procured the rice is however absconding, police said.
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