Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs2.60 crore was seized from different offices of State Food and Civil Supply Corporation during concurrent raids conducted by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) across different offices of the Corporation in the State on Thursday.The raids were continuing till the reports last came in. Out of the total amount seized, cash amounting to Rs1.59 crore was seized from Shiv Shankar Bhatt, Manager at Avanti Vihar located office of the State Food and Civil Supply Corporation.
Cash amounting to around Rs20 lakh were also seized from PA to Managing Director of State Food and Civil Supply Corporation Girish Sharma, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) Mukesh Gupta told reporters. According to him, raids were conducted in Ambikapur, Surajpur, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Raipur, Mahasamund, Kanker, Dhamtari, Durg, Balod, Rajnandgaon and Jagdalpur. At Balod, cash amounting to Rs30 lakh was seized from Warehouse In-charge DK Sharma.
“During raids, it was found that cash amounting to Rs20 lakh out of Rs30 lakh seized was meant to be transferred to Delhi through ‘Hawala’ which eventually failed,” the ADGP said. Cash amounting to Rs7 lakh were also seized from Sudhir Kumar Bhole and Rs36 lakh from Jeetram Yadav (Computer Operator of Bhatt), all posted in Raipur-based office of the Corporation. The ACB may also make arrest in the case, Gupta said.