A truck laden with 500 bags of PDS wheat was seized by the Industrial police here on Sunday and the truck driver was arrested. The consignment was confirmed as that of PDS item after verification by Supply Department personnel.
The truck was intercepted by the police near the old campus of the FM University. The consignment weighing about 245 quintals was heading to Jaleswar after being lifted from a godown at Kalapathar in Khurda district. While further investigation by the police was in progress, the police learnt that the truck and consignment belonged to one Durga Kumar Panigrahi of the Jaleswar area.