CBI registers 9 FIRs in food scam
After much delay, the Anti-Corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered nine cases in connection with the multi-crore foodgrain scam.
The scam was related to the misuse of the foodgrain meant for the Below Poverty Line families during the Samajwadi Party rule between March 2004 and October 2005.
According to CBI sources, eight cases were lodged related to Ballia district involving eight chief development officers and four other PCS rank officers. The other case related to Lakhimpur Kheri in which 10 PCS rank officers and 90 others have been named.
The Ballia scam amounted to Rs 14 crore and Kheri to Rs 1.25 crore.
Source:The Indian Express
The scam was related to the misuse of the foodgrain meant for the Below Poverty Line families during the Samajwadi Party rule between March 2004 and October 2005.
According to CBI sources, eight cases were lodged related to Ballia district involving eight chief development officers and four other PCS rank officers. The other case related to Lakhimpur Kheri in which 10 PCS rank officers and 90 others have been named.
The Ballia scam amounted to Rs 14 crore and Kheri to Rs 1.25 crore.
Source:The Indian Express
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