In Jabalpur district, a total of 74 people have been booked against the procurement and transport of paddy, including the District Manager of the Civil Supplies Corporation. After the investigation, the district administration has complained that seven different police stations have defrauded. Of these accused, 17 mill owners, 13 employees, company fees and 44 employees of the Society and the Purchase Center.
How did the fraud happen?
The fraud was revealed when several cases were taken during the investigation. Hundreds of Quints found that paddy quintals were brought in mild motor vehicles and cars, while paddy was not purchased. Officials showed that paddy was transported by fraud.
A deep investigation into fraud
According to District Collector Deepak Saxena, it was revealed that during the investigation, Millers had sold local brokers for interim -districts. Later, a panel of four members was formed under the leadership of Additional Collector Nathuram Gond. The group has found that 324 dose (delivery orders) was issued in the corporation portal, each of which has 433 quintal paddy, which is made of 14,000 metric tonnes of paddy.
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After this, paddy was given on 614 trips. When the registration of these vehicles was verified, 571 trips were released from the customs line, of which 307 were cars and mild loading vehicles. In addition, it was found that the registration numbers were fake.
Reveal the purchase of fake rice
Also, it was revealed that 7,200 metric tonnes of paddy was shown to be purchased at the online portal, while the purchase was not actually purchased. Due to this fraud, the loss of about Rs 16 crore. In addition, about 13,000 metric tonnes of paddy scam was taken, which cost about Rs 30 crore.
Action is taken on the accused
Action is taken against all the accused who are involved in this fraud. The district administration has registered FIR in seven different police stations and has begun sector activities on criminal authorities, staff, community and nodal officers of the procurement center. In addition, the plan to seize the licenses and contracts of the plant owners has been sent to the efficient power to seize their bank warranty.
This fraud was a major fraud case, in which government money was defrauded with the synchronization of many officials and employees. The administration is planning to investigate the fraud and take stern action against the culprits. It is clear from this matter that the government’s system requires transparency and strict monitoring so that such scams do not happen.
