Hyderabad: Locals allege sale of plastic rice, samples sent for lab testing

 Residents from some parts of the city have alleged that 'plastic rice' was being sold in the market, prompting the Telangana civil supplies department to send such samples for examination at a food laboratory.
 

The department officials said the reports were wrong and it was not "plastic rice", but they have sent the samples to the laboratory for a comprehensive examination and a report it is expected by Thursday.
 

Some locals and inmates of a hostel in different areas of the city yesterday claimed that the rice they had bought and ate was very sticky and tasted different from the