About 400 kgs of mangoes worth Rs 16,000 were seized after being artificially ripened using calcium carbide here, police said today.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday conducted a raid and seized the mango-stock being ripened using the chemical at Wadala-Naka by one Sumaiyya Sheikh Ibrahim (32), they said.
An offence has been registered against Ibrahim at Bhadrakali police station in this regard.
