Hyderabad, May 19 -- The Commissioner's Task Force, Shamshabad Zone Team, along with Pahadishareef Police, apprehended a dairy farm operator on Monday for allegedly procuring and selling restricted oxytocin injections illegally to dairy farmers in and around Hyderabad.

Police seized 173 bottles of oxytocin injections, amounting to 43.250 litres, collectively valued at approximately Rs.50,000.

The arrested accused was identified as Attheni Krishna, 45, a resident of Mankhal village in Ranga Reddy district. Two other accused, including the main supplier Khaled Ali alias Chatru Singh and a regular customer named Suresh, are currently absconding.

According to police, Krishna had been running a dairy farm for nearly 15 years and also operat...