Pune Crime | Blackmarketing of ration foodgrain: Premchand Jain, Prakash Solanki, Pramod Solanki booked, Rs 17 lakh worth valuables seized

Pune : NpNews24 Online  – Pune Crime | The Anti-Extortion Cell 1 of the Pune Police has busted a blackmarketing racket of ration shop foodgrain. Five people have been booked by the Yerwada police in this regard. The action was taken at Sangamwadi on Sunday, in which valuables amounting to Rs 17 lakh were seized. (Pune Crime)

 

Tempo driver Santoshkumar Jaihind More from Dighi, Padmavati Foundation, Khadki’s Premchand Jain, Santoshi Rupchand Solanki, Prakash Rupchand Solanki, Pramod Rupchand Solanki, all residents of Shivajinagar, have been booked at the Yerawada police station under the Essential Commodities Act.

 

According to the Anti-Extortion Cell 1 officials, a white tempo (MH14Y2320) was seen at a godown, from which rice meant to be distributed through government rationing shops was being unloaded and packed in polythene bags to be sold in the blackmarket. The packed rice was to be transported to another godown.

 

The cell got a tip-off and raided the godown at Sangamwadi. The tempo loaded with rationing rice was spotted there. The police interrogated tempo driver Santoshkumar More. He told them that Padmavati Foundation’s Premchand Jain instructed Santoshi Solanki, Prakash Solanki, Pramod Solanki to unload the rice bags at the godown at Sangamwadi.

 

The police seized 152 quintal rice. They also examined the godown, where 160 quintal rice, 57.5 quintal wheat and other valuables worth Rs 17.47 lakh were stored. The foodgrain was to be sold in the blackmarket. API Abhijit Patil is investigating further.

 

This action was taken under the guidance of CP Amitabh Gupta, Joint CP Sandeep Karnik, Addl CP Ramnath Pokale, DCP Srinivas Ghadge and ACP Gajanan Tompe. PI Ajay Waghmare, API Abhijit Patil, PSI Vikas Jadhav, police personnel Pramod Sonawane, Sayaji Chavan, Nitin Kamble, Kiran Thavare, Duryodhan Gurav, Amol Avad, Vijay Kamble and Rajendra Landge took part in the action.

 

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