PDS blackmarketing: food supply officer among 2 held

  • 18/06/2008

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

A food supply officer and a ration shop owner have been arrested for routing ration to the black market using fake ration cards, Anti Corruption Branch officials said on Wednesday. Officials said FSO Laxmi Raj Singh (45) and Narender Kumar Pathak (50) were arrested from Shastri Park while another FSO, Ashok Kapani, is absconding. Pathak procured ration on fake ration cards issued on bogus names, officials said. "We came to know that a large number of a ration cards were being operated in an area with few residents. The ration issued to Pathak were shown to be sold to people who never existed and the details in the sales register were being sent to the FSO and inspector at their Shastri Park office. The sales register contained forged signatures of receivers of the rationed items,' said Dr N Dilip Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, Anti Corruption Branch.