Yogi suspends officers and District Magistrates over food grain scam

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Yogi suspends officers and District Magistrates over food grain scam

Friday, 08 June 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

Taking a serious view on laxity in implementation of government order Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has suspended 10 officers including District Magistrates of Gonda and Fatehpur for alleged food grain scam and anomalies in wheat purchase in their respective districts.

Gonda district magistrate J B Singh and Fatehpur district magistrate Kumar Prashant were suspended and FIRs have been registered against them. Gonda DM is charged with food grain scam while axe fell on Fatehpur DM for irregularities in wheat purchase.  

“Action was taken against the senior officials, including District Magistrates, to send a strong message that this government will not spare the senior officials if they commit any irregularities,” Yogi said in a statement issued here on Thursday. 

Government spokesman said that along with DM, the District Supply Officer in Gonda Rajiv Kumar and district food marketing officer Ajay Vikram Singh were suspended after irregularities were found against them following an enquiry carried out by special secretary. An FIR has been lodged against them.

“During enquiry a checking was carried out in which 9162 bags of food grains were found stored inside a godown. The food grain was meant to be distributed under Right of Food Act in the district but was kept aside for black marketing,” the spokesman said.

The government has also recommended disciplinary action against divisional food controller Devipatan division  Rajesh Kumar, divisional food marketing officer Devipatan K K Singh and deputy commissioner food Satyendra Kumar Singh. 

Earlier in the same case a few days ago marketing inspector Bharat Singh and supply inspector Tarabganj Mahesh Prasad were suspended.

The DM Fatehpur was penalized for laxity in wheat purchase. In enquiry it came to light that the wheat purchase centers in the Fatehpur district did not purchase anything after May 13. During the investigation, it was found that the farmers were not distributed the token. This was done with an aim to stall purchase, the spokesman said.

CM ordere suspension of DM along with Bisauli Mandi purchase center in-charge Narendra Kumar, PCF, district manager Rafiq Ansari, UP Agro Fatehpur mandi purchase in-charge Prem Narain, UP Agro district manager Gulab Singh, marketing inspector Shakti Jaiswal and district food marketing officer Ghanshyam. An FIR has been registered against them.

Meanwhile, government has appointed new district Magistrates of Gonda and Fatehpur districts. Pramanshu Kumar Srivastava , additional commissioner Faizabad has been made DM of Gonda while additional commissioner,commercial taxes Anjay Kumar Singh  will be the new DM of Fatehpur.

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