Jammu, October 04: State Vigilance Organization conducted a joint surprise check at FCS&CA department at Chatha after receiving a complaint regarding embezzlement/ misappropriation of ration during the year 2014-15.
According to State Vigilance Organization, during the probe, it transpired that on taking into account the receipt and issue of shortage of food grains against Ramesh Singh Jamwal, Jr. Assistant I/C Store keeper posted in Food Store Chatha of wheat 3324 Qtls and sugar 596 Qtls, against Tilak Singh, senior Assistant, the then Supervisor/Storekeeper, Chatha Store of Rice APL-2229 Qtls, and Levy Sugar-138 Qtls, was detected.
It further transpired that Akbar Ali and Dev Raj the then Assistant Directors, Chatha Jammu in connivance with the above named store keepers have converted/diverted huge quantity of food grains from one category to another without sanction/approval from the competent authority in order to cause gains to themselves/storekeepers and corresponding loss to the state exchequer to the tune of Rs. 58,68,417/-(Fifty eight lakh sixty eight thousand four hundred and seventeen).
The State Vigilance Organization further said that It has also been established during JSC, that the accused namely Akbar Ali and Dev Raj, the then Assistant Directors, Chatha by abusing their official position willfully and intentionally closed their eyes in monitoring distribution/dispatch of food grains as per dispatch programme set by the Director CA&PD at the end of each month and submit dispatch statement of food grains commodity wise on monthly basis to Director CA&PD in order to facilitate the above named storekeepers for wrongful gains to themselves/storekeepers and wrongful loss to the state exchequer.
A case has been registered in P/S VOJ.
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