Mill sealed for not returning rice to govt

Karnal, March 27

The Food and Civil Supplies Department has sealed a rice mill for not returning custom milled rice (CMR) worth Rs 3.25 crore to the government.

District Food and Supplies Controller (DFSC) Nishant Rathi said the department had allotted 18,980.85 quintal of paddy to Akshar Overseas for CMR in 2014-15. The mill was to deliver 12,717.17 quintal of rice, 67 per cent of the total allotted paddy, to the government, but it delivered only 2,427.67 quintal of rice. Despite several notices to the miller, the remaining 10,293 quintal of rice was not delivered to the government.

He said they had got an FIR registered against rice mill owner Rohit Seth and guarantors. The DFSC said they had sealed five mills in the past one month and also recovered Rs 2.35 crore from five other defaulting mills in the last five months.

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