In an action against illegal transportation of paddy into Chhattisgarh, the administrations seized a huge cache of paddy in Jashpur and Bastar districts.
As many as 496 gunny bags of paddy were seized by the revenue and police personnel at Lodam check post, an official statement said on Sunday.Also, 800 sacks of paddy were seized from two persons, Gajendra Panigrahi and Mahalaxmi, in Karitgaon and Udiyapal villages in Bastar district, it said.
Panigrahi said he purchased the paddy from others for selling it at the procurement centre.The paddy procurement for the Kahrif marketing year 2021-22 started on December 1 in the state.