Summary:
“I have followed precedents for the formalities to disburse crop loan and I have violated nothing. The alleged scam came out in the open when about 300 of these farmers received notices from the society asking them to repay their loan amount of Rs 98,863 each. “When we inquired about this, it came to light that the former chairman of Kattur PACCS, Salai Sundaram, had misappropriated funds in the name of crop loan using the documents fraudulently downloaded online”, he alleged. Another farmer from Mettupatti, G K Swami, said he too received a notice asking to repay the loan he had not availed of. The farmers said they were shocked as no one had availed of any loan from the society.C Selvaraj, a farmer from Kattur, said that he received a notice asking to repay a debt of Rs 96,000 disbursed as crop loan..