Haryana: Probe reveals mismatch in rice stocks in 57 Karnal mills

CHANDIGARH: The probe into the alleged rice scam has found the mismatch or short stocks in 57 rice mills of Karnal. Additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Karnal, Ashok Bansal has forwarded his findings to the food and supplies department of Haryana.
The office of district food and supplies controller (DFSC) of Karnal has already got a police case registered against couple of chronic defaulter rice mills on this account. The incident dates back to earlier this month when local authorities of Karnal had noticed the shortcomings.
The millers had allegedly not returned the milled and polished rice to state government after recieving the raw paddy stocks from the grain market, which was procured by various agencies of Haryanna government.
It is alleged that the mills had disposed the stocks in open market and had allegedly procured the substandard stocks from other states at cheaper rates.
The probe led by ADC Karnal was ordered and seven teams were constituted who conducted stock taking and verified records related to stocks of paddy and rice from the rice mills.
According to information, 12 rice mills was found to be short stocked and records of 45 rice mills had been found to be mismatched. The inspection of the mills ended this week
"We have forwarded our reports to the government of Haryana for further action. The report includes the current status of stocks in the mill and outstanding against mills in government records,'' said ADC Ashok Bansal.
The alleged scam had raised the eyebrows of many and the opposition parties, including the Congress, had sought CBI probe into it.