Hyderabad, June 21 -- As many as 51 bags of PDS grain weighing 2.5 tonnes were seized by officials following raids at different places in Hyderabad. Two people were arrested.

The two accused - Rajashekar Vaddi, 39, and Shaik Shareef, 41, are residents of Erragadda and Kollur, respectively.

According to police, before meeting Rajashekar, Shaik Shareef worked in a PDS ration shop.

Using Shareef's earlier contacts with ration shop dealers, the two men procured PDS rice and wheat and sold them in open markets, making significant profits.

Ration shop dealers purchased subsidised rice at Rs 10 per kilogram, which they sold to Rajashekar at Rs 14 per kilogram.

Rajashekar would sell the same rice to various tiffin vendors and restaurants in ...