Goyal warns of strict motion in opposition to graft as CBI holds raids in FCI rip-off

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: While the Central Bureau of Investigation performed practically 100 raids in reference to a multicrore rip-off involving procurement, storage and distribution of meals grains in a number of pockets throughout India over final week, involving officers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Saturday warned of strict motion in opposition to establishments or people indulging in corruption and requested for fast transformation of the establishment.

Speaking on the event of the 59th Foundation Day of the FCI, Goyal directed all senior officers of the division to maintain an eye fixed and take strict motion in opposition to erring corrupt officers. He additionally requested officers of his ministry to intently monitor and guarantee speedy transformation of the FCI and Central Warehousing Corporation. He directed officers to file a metamorphosis standing report on a fortnightly foundation. Stating that the latest CBI motion was a wakeup name, he requested the senior FCI and division officers to undertake a zero-tolerance in direction of corruption.

The CBI to this point has raided about 99 places beneath “Operation Kanak” in opposition to the unholy nexus of channelised corruption adopted by FCI officers, personal rice millers and grain retailers by the use of paying undue gratification to sure officers of the FCI for getting undue favours. The company made seizures of round `5 crores to this point together with money and FDR from places in north in addition to south India. 

The searches had been performed at Rup Nagar, Sangrur, Morinda, Bassi Pathana Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Gurdaspur, Barnala, Mansa, Bathinda, Sunam, Budlada, Mohali (all in Punjab); Ambala, Gurugram (in Haryana); Kolar, Chikkabalapur (in Karnataka); Chennai (Tamil Nadu), New Delhi, Chandigarh and so forth. within the premises of a number of personal and authorities officers together with the Executive Director of FCI, Sudeep Singh.

While a number of folks had been taken into custody, a case was registered in opposition to 74 accused together with 34 serving and three retired officers of FCI, 17 personal individuals and different entities and so forth. The CBI alleged that an enormous quantity of bribe was paid to FCI officers for extending favours to the personal nexus operators.

It was additional alleged that non-public rice millers and grain retailers had been paying bribes to FCI officers for getting favours in accommodating procurement of low high quality foodgrains, malpractices in day-to-day operations in unloading of foodgrains, managing enquiries in opposition to varied malpractices, and so forth.

NEW DELHI: While the Central Bureau of Investigation performed practically 100 raids in reference to a multicrore rip-off involving procurement, storage and distribution of meals grains in a number of pockets throughout India over final week, involving officers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Saturday warned of strict motion in opposition to establishments or people indulging in corruption and requested for fast transformation of the establishment.

Speaking on the event of the 59th Foundation Day of the FCI, Goyal directed all senior officers of the division to maintain an eye fixed and take strict motion in opposition to erring corrupt officers. He additionally requested officers of his ministry to intently monitor and guarantee speedy transformation of the FCI and Central Warehousing Corporation. He directed officers to file a metamorphosis standing report on a fortnightly foundation. Stating that the latest CBI motion was a wakeup name, he requested the senior FCI and division officers to undertake a zero-tolerance in direction of corruption.

The CBI to this point has raided about 99 places beneath “Operation Kanak” in opposition to the unholy nexus of channelised corruption adopted by FCI officers, personal rice millers and grain retailers by the use of paying undue gratification to sure officers of the FCI for getting undue favours. The company made seizures of round `5 crores to this point together with money and FDR from places in north in addition to south India. 

The searches had been performed at Rup Nagar, Sangrur, Morinda, Bassi Pathana Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Gurdaspur, Barnala, Mansa, Bathinda, Sunam, Budlada, Mohali (all in Punjab); Ambala, Gurugram (in Haryana); Kolar, Chikkabalapur (in Karnataka); Chennai (Tamil Nadu), New Delhi, Chandigarh and so forth. within the premises of a number of personal and authorities officers together with the Executive Director of FCI, Sudeep Singh.

While a number of folks had been taken into custody, a case was registered in opposition to 74 accused together with 34 serving and three retired officers of FCI, 17 personal individuals and different entities and so forth. The CBI alleged that an enormous quantity of bribe was paid to FCI officers for extending favours to the personal nexus operators.

It was additional alleged that non-public rice millers and grain retailers had been paying bribes to FCI officers for getting favours in accommodating procurement of low high quality foodgrains, malpractices in day-to-day operations in unloading of foodgrains, managing enquiries in opposition to varied malpractices, and so forth.