FCI officials booked for misappropriating wheat bags

A case of misappropriation of over 6,700 wheat bags has been registered against four officials of Food Corporation of India, police said here. Those booked are supervisory officer Sunderlal and three assistant grade officials

A case of misappropriation of over 6,700 wheat bags has been registered against four officials of Food Corporation of India, police said here.

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Those booked are supervisory officer Sunderlal and three assistant grade officials - Mohanlal Narang, Puran Chand and Balwinder Singh, police said.

As per the complaint lodged by FCI district manager, 6,713 bags of wheat were found to be missing from the godown here during a quarterly inspection conducted by FCI.

Balwinder Singh, one of the accused, was earlier suspended on the charge of pilfering paddy bags from the godown.