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At the direction of the Ganjam district Collector, V.K.Pandian two rice mills at Sorada have been sealed up. An independent team has started investigation into the allegations of irregularities during the paddy procurement and processing by the rice mills in the district.
Speaking to a News Paper, Mr. Pandian said any one involved in any scam-related to paddy procurement would not be pardoned as they played with the livelihood of the poor. There are 475 rice mills in the district. According to him few more rice mills which got involved in nefarious activity during the paddy procurement process are also on the watch. He did not reveal any details related to the investigation as the investigation was still on. The two rice mills that were sealed up for further investigation had more than Rs. 3 crore worth of rice and paddy stored in them.
All documents and files of these rice mills have been seized. It was alleged that these rice mills had in their documents showed to have procured paddy from farmers who in reality never existed. A team of officials led by Bhanjanagar sub-collector Pabitra Mandal had made this surprise raid.
SOURCES : The Hindu
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