Based on credible information, the City Commissioner's Task Force conducted raids along with Food Safety officers of the GHMC and the concerned police stations on various fruit warehouses and stalls located in Hyderabad and seized huge quantities of mangoes artificially ripened with Carbide and Ethylene.
In this connection, on March 19, 2024, E Rameshwar, 60, in the fruits business, residing at Jali Hanuman of Mangalhat, was arrested under sections 272, 273 and 336 of the IPC by the Habeeb Nagar PS. The police also seized noxious mangos along with carbide powder sachets, gold ripener Ethylene sachets and Carbide powder all worth Rs 4,55,000.