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Coimbatore: The rural police have arrested four people for attempting to smuggle gravel from Mullimadai Kuttai at Gomangalam near Pollachi on Saturday.
Representative image COIMBATORE: A 50-year-old man was arrested at Gomangalam on Sunday for illegally storing fertilizer that is provided by the government to the farmers at subsidised price. The Gomangalam police identified the accused as B Mummoorthy, of Alagappa Street at Jothi Nagar in Pollachi. He was nabbed during a vehicle check on Pollachi-Udumalpet road. A police officer said the Pollachi agriculture officer, Thulasimani, had seized 905 fertilizer bags meant for distribution under the state government subsidy scheme from a godown at Kedimedu village near Gomangalam on January 18, along with a truck that was used to smuggle the same. “The officer lodged a police complaint and preliminary investigation revealed the godown owner Ramasamy, along with Mummoorthy and Santhosh, was involved in smuggling fertilizers. They had gone into hiding,” the officer said.
Coimbatore: The rural police on Sunday arrested one of the three absconding accused involved in the illegally stocking of 905 fertilizer bags provided by the state government under the subsidy scheme to farmers at Gomangalam. On January 18, agriculture officer from Pollachi Thulasimani inspected a fertilizer godown belonging to Ramasamy at Kedimedu village near Gomangalam. During the inspection, 905 fertilizer bags were found illegally stocked at the godown. The officer seized the fertilizer bags and a truck used for smuggling the fertilizers. Thulasimani also lodged a complaint with the Gomangalam police who registered a case under Section 7(1) (a) (ii) of the Essential Commodity Act.
Two killed in accident near Pollachi Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Two persons were killed after two cars collided at Gedimedu on Pollachi – Udumalpet Road in Coimbatore district on Wednesday. According to the Gomangalam police, Vijayakumar (46) from Nattukalpayalam and his friend Annamalai (46) from Zamin Uthukuli were killed in the accident. A third person, who travelled with them namely Muruganandam from Suleeswaranpatti, suffered severe injuries. The police said that the accident occurred when the trio was heading towards Udumalpet in a car. As they reached Gedimedu around 7 a.m., a car which came from the opposite side veered off its lane and collided with the car in which the victims were travelling.