Three persons were arrested by police for threatening a Food Safety Official and preventing him from discharging his official duties when he was engaged in inspection of a godown, where gutka masala is being stored after smuggling into the city.
Police arrested Mahilal (43) Powerlaal (32), and Hanuram (21) as they wielded a knife and threated Geralad Sathya Punithan, food safety official when he was inspecting a godown in which Gutka masala were illegally stored.
The food safety officials have seized two truckloads of Gutka Masala packets, which were being smuggled into the city from Bangalore yesterday. The food safety officials accompanied by police cornered trucks near Saravanampatti and seized the contraband.
Following which the officials conducted an inspection of the godown where the contraband was to be stored, when the threesome, all said to be shop keepers selling Gutka, circled the official and threated him at knife point. Following a police complaint by the official the three some were arrested by police.
Police arrested Mahilal (43) Powerlaal (32), and Hanuram (21) as they wielded a knife and threated Geralad Sathya Punithan, food safety official when he was inspecting a godown in which Gutka masala were illegally stored.
The food safety officials have seized two truckloads of Gutka Masala packets, which were being smuggled into the city from Bangalore yesterday. The food safety officials accompanied by police cornered trucks near Saravanampatti and seized the contraband.
Following which the officials conducted an inspection of the godown where the contraband was to be stored, when the threesome, all said to be shop keepers selling Gutka, circled the official and threated him at knife point. Following a police complaint by the official the three some were arrested by police.