Sources said that crime branch sleuths seized records pertaining to dispatch of foodgrains to CAPD stores. They added that from the CAPD stores, ration is further dispatched to different parts of the state. CB sleuths has earlier also seized records during the raid on the office of Assistant Director CAPD in Nehru Market on June 8.
Sources, with in Crime Branch, informed that today's raid was conducted to confirm, if there is a nexus between FCI employees, transporters and CAPD officers. They added that during cross checking of records, it was found out that Challan book of FCI has same registration number of vehicles as were found in CAPD Challan book.
"During investigations, Crime Branch came to know that some of the registration numbers of the trucks shown by CAPD in its record for dispatching ration to different destinations from Jammu were in fact numbers of scooters, cars and other vehicles and not the trucks.
The same registration numbers were found in FCI Challan book, though both the agencies (FCI and CAPD) floated separate tenders for transportation of the ration and hired vehicles accordingly. Further scrutiny was in progress", sources said.
Embezzlement of ration worth crores surfaced out when acting on complaint Crime Branch conducted a raid at CAPD office. An anonymous complaint was lodged with Crime Branch alleging there in that ration under Public Distribution System meant for people of Above Poverty Line and Below Poverty Line was sold in open market with the active nexus of CAPD officers and dealers and accordingly Crime Branch registered case under FIR NO 20/2009.
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