Purchase of paddy got a big scam, Rs 16 crore and 74 people participated!
In Jabalpur district, a scandal of Rs 30 crore has been revealed in the collection and transportation of rice in which the Civil Supplies Corporation district manager has been booked. After the investigation, the district administration complained at seven different police stations. The accused include 17 mill owners and 13 employees, including the Corporation’s charge and 44 employees of the society and the purchasing center.
How was the scandal?
The scandal was revealed when there were many cases of records investigation. Records found that hundreds of quintals of rice were brought in light motor vehicles and cars, and in fact the paddy was not purchased. Officials have shown fraudulently for rice transport.
Deep research on scam
According to District Collector Deepak Saxena, Millers has been selected for the Inter Distoric to local brokers as Millers sold rice in the investigation. Subsequently, a four -member committee chaired by Additional Collector Rural Nathuram Gond. The committee found that 324 DOS (Delivery Orders) was issued in the Corporation portal, with 433 quintals of rice in each DO, made in a total of 14,000 metric tons of rice.
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After this, vehicles were supplied in 614 trips. When the registration of these vehicles was checked, 571 trips from these vehicles were found out of toll tax, of which 307 trips were cars and light loading vehicles. Apart from this, the registration numbers are also identified as duplicate.
Duplicate rice is exposed to purchase
Also, 7,200 metric tonnes of paddy has been shown as purchases on the online portal, and in fact no purchases have been purchased. The scandal lost about Rs 16 crore. In addition, about 13,000 metric tonnes of paddy scam was taken for milling, which is priced at about 30 crores.
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Action is being taken against the accused
Action is being taken against all the accused involved in the scandal. The district administration has filed an FIR at seven different police stations and has initiated departmental measures against the collection center’s guilty officers, employees, society and nodal officials. In addition, the proposal to seize the licenses and contracts of the mill owners in the block list has been sent to the competent Authority to seize their bank guarantee.
The scandal was a major fraud case in which many officials and employees were involved in government money scam. The administration rapidly investigated the scandal and planned strict actions against criminals. It is clear from this matter that transparency and strict monitoring in the government system is needed, so that there is no such fraud.
