Greyhounds, OCTOPUS to go after defaulting rice millers
HYDERABAD: The Civil Supplies department has inducted 28 highly trained police personnel from the elite Greyhounds, anti-Maoist and counter-insurgency special police force, and OCTOPUS, an elite counter-terrorism and special commando unit of the state police, into its enforcement and vigilance…
HYDERABAD: The Civil Supplies department has inducted 28 highly trained police personnel from the elite Greyhounds, anti-Maoist and counter-insurgency special police force, and OCTOPUS, an elite counter-terrorism and special commando unit of the state police, into its enforcement and vigilance wing to.
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- Civil Supplies Commissioner M Stephen Raveendra on Friday chaired a high-level briefing at Civil Supplies Bhavan to formally welcome the newly attached personnel and outline their strategic mandate.
- He observed that the state administration had spent around `40, 000 crore during the last procurement cycle to backing the farming community.
- Leveraging their specialised training in tactical operations and surprise inspections, these deputed personnel will function as special task teams under the Enforcement and Vigilance wing.
- Recognising that public distribution is a new operational domain for these tactical units, he observed they have already completed a specialised three-day training programme tailored to departmental protocols.
Recognising that public distribution is a new operational domain for these tactical units, he observed they have already completed a specialised three-day training programme tailored to departmental protocols. The above personnel were imparted training at the Telangana Police Academy in various legal aspects pertaining to essential commodities.
When the state successfully procured 154 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy, during the briefing, the commissioner highlighted the scale of the department's operations, focusing extensively on the historic, record-breaking paddy procurement targets achieved during the KMS 2025-2026 season. He observed that the state administration had spent around `40, 000 crore during the last procurement cycle to backing the farming community.
Leveraging their specialised training in tactical operations and surprise inspections, these deputed personnel will function as special task teams under the Enforcement and Vigilance wing. They are slated for immediate dispatch throughout the state to conduct intensive field inspections of defaulting millers.
Taken together, the developments around greyhounds, OCTOPUS to go after defaulting rice millers point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
