Rice worth millions of rupees was crushed into pieces
Punjab Crime News (Aaj Samaj), Sangrur: Taking action in the rice scam worth millions of rupees, the State Vigilance Bureau has registered a case against a Sangrur factory owner and his associates. The scam is said to be worth millions of rupees. In which the mill owner and his partners defrauded the government by destroying 14 wagons of rice on the train. Providing information in this regard, spokesperson of Punjab Vigilance Bureau said that a criminal case has been registered against four partners of Singla Food Products Rice Mill located at Bhawanigarh in Sangrur district on charges of misappropriation of 14 bags of rice and causing huge losses to the government.
The Vigilance Bureau spokesperson said that the investigation against the said rice mill was carried out on the basis of the letter received at that time from the managing director of Pansap (Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation). The owner of the said mill had signed an agreement with Pansap for storage of millet and rice in 2011-2012.
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The spokesperson further said that the then District Food Controller (DFSC), Sangrur, had sent a letter to the then Pansap District Manager, Sangrur, complaining about the irregularities in the feeding of this factory. He further said that during investigation in this regard, it was found that 14 bags of rice were missing from the mill.
The spokesperson also said that the owner of the said mill had submitted a fake certificate issued by Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials and then posted at a warehouse in Nabha to avail the missing bags of rice. Regarding this certificate, FCI officials declared that their signatures were forged.
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