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Jammu, April 21
An Assistant Director (Trade & Stores) in Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Department and also an accused in a multi crore food scam was today booked by State Vigilance Organization for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Following the investigation into multi crore scam of misappropriation of BPL rations by CAPD officials and others it has come to light, that accused Gopal Dass Sharma , by indulging in corrupt practices has accumulated huge movable and immovable assets in the shape of a house, shops, gold ornaments cash and bank deposits.
The accumulated property have prima fascia been established as disproportionate to his known source of income.
Besides other incriminating material, a record of his bank transactions and cash over Rs 3.40 lacs was recovered from his house search.
Official sources told News Agency of Kashmir that a Case under FIR NO 10/2007 Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu u/s 5(1) e r/w 5(2) PC ACT 2006 has been registered and further investigation is in progress.
Sources said that Case FIR No. 14/2006 P/S VOJ U//S 5(2) P.C Act r/w 120-B RPC was registered on June 10 2006 about misappropriation of CAPD rations during the year 2004– 2005 in Jammu area under the Antyodaya Anna Yojna and Anapurna schemes.
The investigations revealed that accused Assistant Director in league with other officials of CAPD Department, by manipulating records, had drawn about 95,000 Qtls of rice, 13,630 Qtls of wheat and 35,834 Qtls of Atta against the actual requirement of 40,723 Qtls of rice and 48,723 Qtls of wheat.
The cost of the misappropriated food grains was initially asses to be Rs.6 crores, sources said adding, “Investigation conducted so far shows that the extent of loss to the state exchequer is likely to exceed Rs.6 crores mark”.
The food grains drawn in excess of the actual requirements under the schemes were fraudulently shown issued to various ration dealers.
However, the investigations revealed that most of the dealers mentioned in the records are non-existent while those existing denied to have received any quantity of excess ration.
Sources in the Vigilance department, said, that the investigation into the multi crore food scam is at an advanced stage and it would soon come up with all the details.
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