irregularities in paddy procurement: officials, Rice miller booked
	
		
				Karnal, Oct. 31 -- Days after Karnal deputy commissioner (DC) Uttam Singh ordered physical verification of paddy stock at rice mills and scrutiny of gate passes at mandis, police on Thursday registered two separate FIRs against a rice miller and government officials for alleged large-scale irregularities during the ongoing kharif procurement season.
The accused include a rice mill owner, a mandi secretary, four mandi inspectors, and a sub-inspector from the Food and Supplies department.
DC Uttam Singh said that during physical verification of paddy allotted to mills for custom milling, the quantity of paddy was found to be short.
"On finding the involvement of a rice miller and four mandi inspectors, a first information report has (FIR) been lodged on the complaint of district food supply and controller (DFSC) Anil Kumar," he said.
The FIR names M/s Batan Foods director Satish Kumar, a resident of Salaru village, along with four mandi inspectors - Yashveer Singh from Gharaunda grain market, Sandeep Sharma from Jundla, Sameer Vashisht from Karnaland Lokesh Kumar from Nissing....
		
			
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