Madhya Pradesh: Paddy Scam Worth ₹1 Crore Comes To Light In Balaghat

Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh): A scam supply of paddy worth Rs 1 crore procured for custom milling on the minimum support price (MSP) has come to light in Balaghat district.

After the scam was exposed, an order was issued to register an FIR against rice millers, transporters and truck drivers.

Nearly 2918.81 quintals of paddy worth ₹1 crore were lifted in the name of a rice mill in Chhindwara from a supply centre at Nadlesara in Katangi in three trucks.

But, instead of Chhindwara, the paddy was being taken to Gondia in Maharashtra. The officials of the food and civil supplies department caught trucks with the help of Rampayali police on June 26 this year.

On the basis of the trucks caught during the checking, when the food and civil supplies began an inquiry, a major fraud came to light.

Junior civil supplies officer Ashwini Deshmkukh kept the stock of paddy in the Katangi warehouse. The truck drivers confessed to taking the paddy to Godia in Maharashtra instead of Chhindwara.

District civil supplies officer RK Thakur said there was no entry of ten trucks which were to go to Chhindwara. On the basis of inquiry and evidence, an FIR has been lodged against the rice mill owner, transporters and truck drivers, he said.