Kaluram Jain, a terminated food inspector has alleged that State Revenue Minister Rampal Singh is engaged in black-marketing of ration from the fair price shops in Bareli area of Raisen district.
He alleged that he was terminated from the service after he had closed down 32 ration shops of Singh’s relatives and had registered a case of black-marketing and irregularities against the relative of the minister.
While talking to the media persons Jain said that instead of taking action against shopkeepers, he was terminated from his government job on the grounds that he had taken bribe and his property is more than his income. Jain further said that he was appointed as assistant food inspector in Bareli on August 6, 2011.
To allot shops and issue notices to the fair price shops regulated under Public Distribution System was part of his job.
When he assumed office, he found there are 131 fair price shops out of which 21 were given to people who were not eligible.
Jain further alleged that there are many relatives of Singh operating shops without any cooperative society at Udaipura area.
He further alleged that the then Collector Mohanlal Meena and Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat Sanjay Singh took posting in Bareli to support this corruption. He further said that he repealed 32 shops of Singh’s relatives and saved lakhs of rupees, but he and his family had to suffer the outcome as he got terminated from his job.
He claimed that he was falsely attempted to implicate in a case on March 22, 2012 as one Shravan Kumar Thakur filed a false case against him with the lokayukta Police.