The district administration conducted a raid on a rice mill. Lath Industry, at Patharla under Bargarh block where more than 2,500 quintals of paddy was found illegally stored.
The administration has registered a case against the mill and more investigation is going on.
Sources informed that some millers of Bargarh district have purchased paddy at Rs 1,300 per quintal in Chhatishgarh illegally.
Lath Industry got allotment of custom milling in Kharif season to provide 2.60 lakh quintals of rice in Bargarh district and 1.40 lakh quintals in Jagatsinghpur district. But the mill has not sent rice to Jagatsinghpur district yet. However, the Civil Supplies Department has included the mill in paddy collection list in Rabi season.
