The State Government suspended 113 dealers and served show cause notices to 37 food inspectors.
A Supreme Court of India appointed committee has found wide-spread corruption to be the root cause of the riots.
Many of these ration shop dealers were also Rice Mill owners, able to control the entire chain of supply.
At the same time, a move by the state government to exclude some of the families above poverty line from the PDS system.
[2] A report by the commission appointed by the Supreme Court of India found that wide spread corruption and diversion of superior quality food grains caused the riots.