Food Civil Supplies employee lands in soup as video goes viral in Amritsar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 20

Days after bungling of around 87,000 quintals of government wheat from eight godowns in Jandiala Guru allegedly by Inspector Jasdev Singh, the functioning of the Food and Civil Supplies Department has once again come under scanner after a video of an Assistant Food and Supply Officer with a truck of government wheat allegedly parked at a private floor mill went viral.

Though the AFSO, Mohanjit Singh, has denied the allegations and said it was an attempt to defame him and that he would file the complaint, besides asking his senior officials to conduct a probe.

In the video, a man can be seen repeatedly asking Mohanjit about the presence of truck laden with government wheat inside a private floor mill. However, the AFSO can be seen evading the person and later he ‘fled’ from the mill, located on Loharka road.

“The video seems to be tampered with and I don’t know when it was made. It’s an attempt to malign my image,” said Mohanjit.

Rishi Raj Mehra, Controller, District Food and Civil Supply, said the video was not ‘reliable’ or authentic and we have not received any complaint in this connection. “If we get any complaint, we will hold a probe in the matter,” he said. We don’t know how old the video is or where it was shot, he said.

Earlier, Mohanjit had courted controversy when a woman had accused him of harassment and manhandled him. Later, Parvinder Kaur, was booked by the police.

Mohanjit had alleged that it was a conspiracy by his companion in the department who was later suspended.

The department had came under scanner after 87,000 quintals of wheat worth Rs 20 crore in eight godowns in Jandiala was found missing. The pilferage came to light when Inspector Jasdev suddenly disappeared. Later, the government had suspended five officials and a charge sheet was filed against 10 officials for the lapse.