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Guwahati: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday had registered a case against a manager of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and a Transport Contractor of Assam in connection with alleged loss of Rs 13.56 lakh.
The CBI had registered a case U/s 120B,420,471 of IPC & 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against then Manager (House Keeping), Food Corporation of India, District Office, Sadarghat, Silchar, Cachar (Assam), a Transport Contractor, resident of Silchar and unknown others.
It was alleged that then Manager (House Keeping) at FCI, District Office, Silchar, Cachar (Assam), during the period from February, 2015 to February, 2016 entered into criminal conspiracy with the Transport Contractor of Silchar & unknown others.
In pursuance thereof, the Transport Contractor without actually supplying vehicles, had claimed false vehicle hiring bills showing supply of different vehicles and received payment, on the requisitions of then Manager, FCI without any tender finalization, Work Orders.
An alleged loss to the tune of Rs.13.56 lakh (approx) was caused to Food Corporation of India.*
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
