Four officials among ten arrested in ration scams in J-K

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,Incharge 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.

The committee,in its preliminary investigation,established the allegations and the government recommended the case to the Crime Branch on June 19,2009,for detailed investigation after which the Crime Branch registered a case,the officials said.

They later found that CAPD officials had misappropriated foodgrains of Vailoo and Inshan Godowns to the tune of Rs 31,52,660.

They established a case of misappropriation and bungling in CAPD and later arrested the accused.

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 last 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.