Moga, January 16
The police has registered a case against the son of a senior Akali leader and three officials of the Markfed for their alleged involvement in a paddy scam worth Rs 18 crore.
An FIR under various sections of the IPC and the Essential Commodities Act was registered against Mandeep Singh Brar, owner of Avtar Rice Mill, Baghapurana, former Markfed DM Amarjit Singh Sandhu, branch manager Kamal Kumar and custodian Sham Lal at the Baghapurana police station.
SHO Gurpreet Singh said that the accused were yet to be arrested.
Mandeep Brar is the son of senior Akali leader Jagtar Singh Rajeana, who was an aspirant for the SAD ticket from the Baghapurana assembly constituency, while Mandeep's grandfather Sadhu Singh Rajeana was elected to the state assembly twice from the Baghapurana assembly constituency.
According to information, as many as 338 wagons of paddy went missing from the mill in the past several months. The total loss has initially been estimated at Rs 17.40 crore, but this could exceed due to fluctuations in the prevailing market rates.
Markfed District Manager HS Dhaliwal said that a team of senior officials of the department inspected the rice mill on January 14 and found that the paddy procured by the agency during 2010-2011 and given for milling was missing from the mill.
Earlier, when the rice mill did not hand over the milled rice to the Markfed on time, it raised doubts in the minds of authorities. Inquiries made by the local unit smelled a scam. Dhaliwal wrote a letter to the Markfed MD on January 11, which led to on the spot inspection by senior authorities from the head office.
Meanwhile, the Markfed authorities are assessing the exact loss so that recovery process could be initiated against the mill.
The police has registered a case against the son of a senior Akali leader and three officials of the Markfed for their alleged involvement in a paddy scam worth Rs 18 crore.
An FIR under various sections of the IPC and the Essential Commodities Act was registered against Mandeep Singh Brar, owner of Avtar Rice Mill, Baghapurana, former Markfed DM Amarjit Singh Sandhu, branch manager Kamal Kumar and custodian Sham Lal at the Baghapurana police station.
SHO Gurpreet Singh said that the accused were yet to be arrested.
Mandeep Brar is the son of senior Akali leader Jagtar Singh Rajeana, who was an aspirant for the SAD ticket from the Baghapurana assembly constituency, while Mandeep's grandfather Sadhu Singh Rajeana was elected to the state assembly twice from the Baghapurana assembly constituency.
According to information, as many as 338 wagons of paddy went missing from the mill in the past several months. The total loss has initially been estimated at Rs 17.40 crore, but this could exceed due to fluctuations in the prevailing market rates.
Markfed District Manager HS Dhaliwal said that a team of senior officials of the department inspected the rice mill on January 14 and found that the paddy procured by the agency during 2010-2011 and given for milling was missing from the mill.
Earlier, when the rice mill did not hand over the milled rice to the Markfed on time, it raised doubts in the minds of authorities. Inquiries made by the local unit smelled a scam. Dhaliwal wrote a letter to the Markfed MD on January 11, which led to on the spot inspection by senior authorities from the head office.
Meanwhile, the Markfed authorities are assessing the exact loss so that recovery process could be initiated against the mill.
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