Rs 6-crore paddy scam unearthed in Moga district

Moga, April 16

A Rs 6-crore paddy scam has been unearthed in three rice mills in Moga district, police officials said here today.

In its complaint, the Food and Civil Supplies Department stated that 1,00,241 bags of paddy belonging to Pungrain, a state-owned foodgrain procurement agency, had gone missing from these mills. The cost of the missing stock has been estimated at Rs 6 crore.

Department officials claimed that the procurement agency gave enough time to the owners/partners of these rice mills to refill the stock, but they failed to do so. They were also given an opportunity to deposit money in lieu of the missing paddy, but to no avail.

The owners/partners of these mills did not join the police probe despite repeated requests. Following which, a case under Sections 407, 420 and 120B of the IPC was registered against Krishan Kumar, his daughter-in-law Kaiffy Singla and two brothers Rajiv Kumar and Sanjiv Kumar. — TNS