ACB files charge sheet against 39 in 2006 ration scam case in Jammu

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against 39 people, including several government officials, in alleged misappropriation of ration worth over crores of rupees in Jammu district, officials said. The case was registered in 2006 after verifying the allegations of misappropriation of ration issued under various schemes in Jammu from 2004 to 2005, an ACB spokesperson said.

The 39 accused including Ashok Kumar Pandita, the then Assistant Director Mills Jammu, and other public servants including various the then Assistant Directors, then Tehsil Supply Officers, Supervisors, Storekeepers, Ration Dealers of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and private beneficiaries - flour mill owners, he said. It was alleged that the ration under (BPL) Below Poverty Line, (AAY) Antyodaya Anna Yojna and (APS) Annapurna Schemes has been drawn in excess in Jammu Rural tehsil by fraudulent means and was sold in the open market, he said.

The joint surprise check was conducted on the allegations of excess withdrawal of ration under below poverty line, Antyodaya Anna Yojna and Annapurna schemes and fraudulent sale of excess drawn ration in the market in tehsil Jammu rural, which consisted of four blocks namely Marh, Satwari, Bhalwal and Dhansal revealed that during the year 2004-2005, the officials had fraudulently and dishonestly drawn ration -- rice, wheat and atta -- under BPL and AAY schemes on subsidized rates during the year 2004-05.

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