Mandya: The officials of Department of Food and Civil Supplies raided about 10 rice mills and seized 23,000 bags of millets of 50 kg each and estimated to be worth about Rs. 2.41 crore in Mandya.

Of them, 10,000 bags of millets were seized from Adilakshmi Rice Mill at Pee Hosahalli in Srirangapatna taluk, 3,000 bags from Sri Siddeshwara Rice Mill at Gorawale, and 2,650 bags from Sri Jayashankara Rice Mill at Kiragandur.

Kumuda Sharath, Deputy Director of Food and Civil Supplies Department, told sources, “We have also seized millet bags from Keregodu, Gorawale, Shankarapura, Chikkabyadarahalli, Sollepura, Kapanahalli Gavimath and other places in the district.”

“We have sought reports from tahsildars concerned. Once the reports reach us, we will register first-information reports (FIR) against the mill owners,” Sharath added.

The Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. (KFCSC) had recently established 165 paddy and millet procurement centres across the State. Of them, seven were in Mandya district alone.