KCR urged Police to curb Food Adulteration Gangs

Hyderabad, July 3: The Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has given instructions to the police officials to curb the gangs, who were doing food adulterations in a meeting here on Sunday.

At a review meeting with the director-general of police Anurag Sharma and other senior police officials here on Sunday, Rao said his government was ready even to bring tougher laws in place if the existing laws were not enough to control the menace of spurious seeds and other adulterations.

He said that "The health of people is getting affected by adulteration of food items while farmers are facing severe losses due to spurious seeds. This should be dealt with seriously and a strategy has to be chalked out to stem this menace."

Appreciating the police for curbing the manufacture and sale of illicitly-distilled liquor and gambling, Rao asked the police officers to display the same spirit while dealing with adulteration of food and other essential items.

He also said that "Right from the DGP to SHO, everyone should wage a fight against adulteration. Vigil should be intensified.

The Coordination should be there with agriculture and health departments and raids should be conducted. Identify and catch the culprits and see that they are punished," he added.

For identifying adulteration, DNA kits would be provided, Rao said and asked the police to register cases under the Cheating and Copyrights Act against those involved in adulteration.