Seven held for selling spurious seeds in city

Hyderabad: Cyberabad police arrested seven persons, including the MD of a private firm, and seized Rs 52 lakh worth spurious seeds along with other material from their possession.
Acting on specific information, the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Cyberabad and officials of the Agriculture department apprehended K Srinivas, MD of Vikas Bio Science Pvt Ltd in Shamirpet, and the owner of Adarsh Seeds fertilizer shop in Aliabad, his house on Thursday night.
Based on the confession of Srinivas, the authorities arrested P Mahendhar, Md Hussian, S Ramulu, C Venkatesh of Mahbubnagar, C Venkat and Rama Chandraiah. Cops seized 3,400 kilos of spurious cotton seeds and 7,000 kilos of spurious maize seeds, a DCM van and two cars, all worth Rs 52 lakh from their possession.
According to the police, Srinivas, has been procuring banned BG-III cotton seeds from Nandyal. After processing and packing them at his plant, he distributes them to other accused for sale. Four separate cases were booked in relation to the illegal activities.