Foodgrain scam: UP govt approves filing of FIRs against guilty

Uttar Pradesh government today told the Allahabad high court that it has given approval for filing of FIRs against officers and employees found guilty in the multi-crore food grain scam which took place in the state during 2002-2007.

During hearing of a PIL seeking CBI probe into the scam, government counsel HP Srivastava also informed the high court that the Special Investigating Team (SIT) and the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) are conducting probes in a total of 14 districts of the state.

The court fixed September 17 as the next date of hearing.

The food grain scam had surfaced in at least 31 districts of the state and those meant for distribution to the poor people either free of cost or at highly subsidised rates were allegedly illegally diverted out of the state and in some cases, out of the country as well by forging documents.