A truck owner was arrested and his truck along with 56 MT paddy seized for carrying illegal paddy for milling on Saturday.
The paddy was sold to a rice mill in Chhatia under Jajpur district from different mandis of Jagatsinghpur district and transported to the mill in truck with fake registration number.
The arrested was identified as Kalim Uddin, a resident of Neulpur village under Jajpur district. His seized truck bears registration No. OD-05AG-4325, Jagatsinghpur SDPO Prakash Chandra Pal told.
According to SDPO Pal, Uddin uses his trucks on hiring basis to shift paddy to rice millers from Mandis. Taking clues from millers, the police nabbed Uddin though mobile tracking on Friday who supplied trucks for illegal paddy transporting to Baragarh from Jagatsinghpur earlier.
The police rushed to Chhatei on Friday and seized the paddy from rice mill East Zone Industry. The paddy was lifted from Biridi and Tirtol mandis.
There are about seven cases in different police stations in Jajpur and Chudwar for illegally lifting paddy from Mandis against Uddin. He will be forwarded to court on Sunday, said SDPO Pal.
