Officials booked for sale of poor quality seed

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, June 24

The police have booked the managing director, officials and traders of a seed company on the charge of supplying poor quality sunflower seeds in Kurukshetra.

Some farmers from Shahabad had approached the Agriculture Department earlier this year, claiming that they were provided poor quality seeds of the NSFH 36 (sreshta) variety of Nuziveedu Seeds Limited. An investigation was launched and fields of 54 complainants inspected.

The department came to the conclusion that the problem was due to genetic impurity of seeds, due to which farmers suffered loss of between 50 per cent and 80 per cent. During investigation, it was found that the company had sold 5,190-kg seeds in Kurukshetra.

A case was registered against managing director M Prabhakar Rao, sales head K Venkat Rao, production head Ramanna Reddy, quality head Raghuvender Singh, breeder Satish Reddy, Anil Trading Company, Mahesh Fertiliser Store, Sohan Lal Aggarwal, Sanjeev Kumar and Company, Shivam Trading Company, Guru Nanak Trading Company and Iqbal Trading Company.

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