India, Sept. 1 -- The CBI has registered an FIR into the alleged irregularities by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in allocating subsidised rice meant for poor labourers to the North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), where it was "diverted" to traders for a profit.

Naming senior officials of the FCI and NERAMAC, the CBI has alleged a series of irregularities, including allocation in violation of policy, pressure on officials, diversion of rice to traders and preparation of purportedly false records to show distribution to the public, resulting in losses of over Rs 28 crore to the FCI.

The CBI has alleged that the additional general manager, NERAMAC, Guwahati, vide letter dated January 7, had requested th...