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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 19.8 tonnes mid-day meal rice seized from ISKCON premises

19.8 tonnes mid-day meal rice seized from ISKCON premises

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published Published on Jun 25, 2019   modified Modified on Jun 25, 2019
-The Hindu

After repacking, the stock was supposed to be transported to Kakinada, say vigilance officials

VISAKHAPATNAM:
Acting on reliable information about the alleged diversion of rice provided by the government for mid-day meal scheme, a team of officials from the vigilance and enforcement, and civil supplies departments conducted a surprise check on the ISKCON premises at Sagar Nagar in the city on Monday night and seized 396 bags of rice weighing around 19.8 tonnes.

The officials said that they found labourers loading rice bags to a lorry and by the time, they raided the premises, around 110 bags weighing around 5.5 tonnes had been loaded. Its estimated market value would be around ?5.94 lakh, the officials said.

“During the inquiry, the lorry owner Gavara Eswar Rao and his aide Kalasi V. Sanyasi Rao alias Sunny said that the mid-day meal rice was being packaged and the stock was supposed to be shifted to Kakinada,” said vigilance Inspector Mallikarjuna Rao.

As per the vigilance officials, Shyam Sundar Priya Das, a priest of ISCKON, was suspected to be diverting the rice issued by the government.

Apart from the 110 bags of rice loaded to the lorry, the officials also found another 286 neatly packaged bags reportedly stuffed the mid-day meal rice.

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The Hindu, 19 June, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/198-tonnes-mid-day-meal-rice-seized-from-iskcon-premises/article28068087.ece


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