Four held for selling spurious cotton seeds to farmers

Four persons, including a woman, were arrested here today for allegedly selling spurious cotton seeds to farmers through their firm, police said.
According to police, the arrested persons have allegedly cheated farmers in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
The accused are identified as C Janakiram, owner of Srusti Seeds and Gopi Krishna Seeds located in Mahabubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts, respectively, S Mahender, supervisor of Srusti Seeds, P Srinu and Padma Lakshmi who are unauthorised sub-dealers of Srusti Seeds and Gopi Krishna Seeds, a senior police officer said.
"On receipt of credible information with regard to selling of spurious cotton seeds, a police team and officials of Agricultural department raided the seed firms and seized hundreds of packets of different varieties of cotton seeds and other seeds, collectively worth Rs 46 lakh," Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat said.

A case has been registered on charge of cheating and relevant sections of Seed Control Orders against Janakiram and three others.