Hyderabad, Oct. 25 -- The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has registered three criminal cases into alleged irregularities in the delivery of Sanna Rakam rice to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) during the Kharif 2025-26 season, with 14 rice millers arrested so far.

According to the CID, the investigation followed a complaint lodged by the General Manager (Procurement) of the Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation on Saturday, October 24.

The alleged irregularities involve the diversion of Sanna Rakam paddy allotted to rice mills to the open market and its substitution with cheaper coarse rice, including rice allegedly sourced from outside Telangana.

The State government procured 71.86 lakh metric tonnes of paddy d...