Wheat worth Rs12 million stolen from warehouses in Sindh

SUKKER: Wheat worth 12 million rupees has allegedly been stolen from godowns in Sindh, ARY News reported.

This was revealed during raids by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) at the godowns along with a magistrate. The raids at warehouses of Kandhkot and Kashmore were carried out on order of the NAB chairman. A large number of sacks of wheat were found mixed with sand, while many other sacks were completely filled with sand.

Taking immediate action, the accountability watchdog sealed the wheat warehouses in Kandhkot and Kashmore.

An inquiry has been launched against the provincial Food Department. Such a big irregularity with the holy month Ramazan just around the corner, seems to be an attempt to create crisis during Ramazan.

The NAB has warned that strict action would be taken against those also who would be found involved in selling the wheat in market.

On April 10, the Anti-Corruption Establishment Sindh had revealed that wheat worth Rs620 million was sold illegally from warehouses of the Food Department in Dadu.

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This was disclosed when a team of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) raided nine different warehouses of the Food Department in Dadu. The ACE team had included the assistant and deputy directors also.

During the raid, the ACE team had found 0.194 million sacks of wheat worth Rs620 million missing.