In a joint raid, the police and the Civil Supplies department busted a racket involved in fake rice marketing in the district on Thursday.
The racket was found to have been involved in smuggling in Tamil Nadu ration rice, and marketing it after polishing it in mills here and rebranding it.
The police and Civil Supplies officials seized nearly three tonnes of Tamil Nadu ration rice from the house of A. Shameer, 33, at Walayar. He is the treasurer of DYFI Walayar zone. A case was registered against Shameer and his father Abdul Razak.
