Hyderabad: The legal metrology department raided seed manufacturing firms and booked 154 cases and seized Rs 2.35 crore worth seeds and imposed fines across the state.
Legal Metrology chief Akun Sabharwal said a recent departmental inspection had found that seed manufacturers and traders were mentioning the manufacturing and expiry dates and also did not have proper licenses. During inspections, it was found that the companies were fudging on weight of the packets.
Mr Sabharwal said if anybody was found to be involved in such activities, they would be arrested.
The department booked 28 cases in Nizamabad and seized seeds worth Rs 59.2 lakh and 14 in Nalgonda where seeds worth Rs 3.5 lakh were seized. In Karimnagar, seeds worth Rs 2.29 lakh were seized and 13 cases booked. Fourteen cases in Peddapalli yielded seeds worth Rs 88,000. Fifteen cases were registered and seeds worth Rs 52.3 lakh seized in Medchal while in Wanaparthy 13 cases were booked and seeds worth Rs 16 lakh were seized.
The department also conducted inspections at CMR mall and Vara Mahalakshmi (Dress and sarees materials) stores at Secunderabad on Friday.
