SIT begins probe into Rs2,000cr paddy scam

  • | Saturday | 22nd April, 2017

PATNA: The special investigation team (SIT) of crime investigation department (CID) on Friday started investigating the paddy scam in the state. SIT has been formed on the Patna high court directive.The seven-member SIT led by ADG (CID) Vinay Kumar has to complete the investigation within three months. The Supreme Court on February 28 this year passed an order that all the paddy scam cases should be investigated within three months and trial should be completed in the next six months.Five special courts would be set up in Patna, Gaya, Chhapra, Darbhanga and Purnia for the trial of paddy scam cases. Altogether 1202 FIRs had been lodged across the state. The SIT has also decided to form five special teams in the five cities and towns.The scam surfaced in 2013-2014 after the millowners, instead of supplying rice to government godowns, sold it in the open market, resulting in the loss of at least Rs2,000 crore to the state exchequer.

PATNA: The special investigation team (SIT) of crime investigation department (CID) on Friday started investigating the paddy scam in the state. SIT has been formed on the Patna high court directive.The seven-member SIT led by ADG (CID) Vinay Kumar has to complete the investigation within three months. The Supreme Court on February 28 this year passed an order that all the paddy scam cases should be investigated within three months and trial should be completed in the next six months.Five special courts would be set up in Patna, Gaya, Chhapra, Darbhanga and Purnia for the trial of paddy scam cases. The SIT has also decided to form five special teams in the five cities and towns.The scam surfaced in 2013-2014 after the millowners, instead of supplying rice to government godowns, sold it in the open market, resulting in the loss of at least Rs2,000 crore to the state exchequer. Altogether 1202 FIRs had been lodged across the state. Nine cases in which embezzlement is above Rs8 crore are being investigated by the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the state police.Of the 1202 cases, nine are related to the misappropriation of more than Rs8 crore, 18 cases are of bungling between Rs8 crore to Rs5 crore, 55 cases of between Rs5 crore and Rs3 crore, 261 cases are related to Rs3 to Rs1 crore fraud and 845 cases in which public money of Rs1 crore or below had been embezzled by the rice millers.The SIT would supervise altogether 316 cases in which embezzlement amount is between Rs1 crore and Rs5 crore while for cases below Rs1 crore, district police would have to follow guidelines of the SIT.When contacted, home department principal secretary Amir Subhani said the SIT would work under the court guidelines and wrap up the investigations within the time frame.Orders have been issued by the home department, in the light of high court directive, that except ADG Kumar, no other member of the SIT would be given any additional work than related to the scam and none of them would be transferred from their positions without court orders.

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