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Four J&K officials held for PDS scam


Ten persons, including two Deputy Directors, have been arrested in connection with two scams in the Public Distribution Scheme in Kishtwar and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Tuesday.

The Crime Branch of Police conducted raids at the premises of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department in Srinagar, Anantnag and Jammu on Monday and arrested the four accused officials in connection with misappropriation of food grains worth over Rs 31 lakh meant for Warwan and Marwah blocks of Kishtwar district, Crime Branch officials said.

The arrested officials have been identified as Deputy Director CAPD, South Kashmir, Khurshid Ahmed Sanaye, the then Assistant Director and presently Deputy Director CAPD of North Kashmir Riyaz Ahmad Wani, In-charge Supervisors Vailoo Godown Manzoor Ahmed Ganie and Ghulam Rasool Sheikh, they said.

Incriminating documents, pass books of various bank accounts and documents of various properties were also seized by the department, they said.

Efforts are on to arrest the accused for their custodial interrogation in order to unearth more details of huge scam, the officials said. The special team was constituted on April 2, 2009, to conduct an enquiry into the alleged misappropriation of food grains for distribution among the rationees of twin blocks of Warwan and Marwah in Kishtwar district resulting in acute shortage of foodgrains, they said.

In another case, two ration dealers were among six persons arrested when police seized 330 bags of government ration from a truck in Dharamsal area of Rajouri district late on Monday night, police said.

The truck was intercepted and ration of the CAPD department meant for Below Poverty Line (BPL) people, which was being diverted to a rice mill in Jammu, was recovered, they said.

Those arrested have been identified as Jagdev Sigh and Amar Singh (both ration dealers), Pritam Singh, Chamel Singh, besides two other persons.

A case has been registered in this direction and investigation has started, police said.