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Rice scam: Inquiry panel may submit report soon

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SHILLONG, April 25: Justice (retd) Mool Chand Garg, who is heading an independent commission that is conducting an inquiry into the alleged rice scam in the state, is on the verge of submitting his report to the state government.
An official source on Monday said the one-man inquiry commission is set to wind up proceedings soon and will file and submit the report to the government shortly.
The inquiry panel had last visited Meghalaya between February 16 and 19. One team had visited Garo Hills while another team inspected some areas in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills region.
The teams visited several Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres and held discussions with child development project officers.
The teams provided a set of questionnaires and the beneficiaries were asked to submit their feedback based on the questions after which the Committee examined the feedback from beneficiaries which was submitted before the panel recently.
Later, four officials from the Social Welfare department were also examined by the Commission in New Delhi.
Buckling under pressure, the state government had, on July 29, 2021, ordered a probe into the alleged rice scam that was unearthed almost two months earlier when Assam Police seized one lakh rice bags each weighing 50 kg from a private godown in Boko.
It is believed the rice bags provided by the Centre at subsidised rates landed up at the private storehouse for the purpose of repackaging and sale to third parties.
The inquiry committee under Justice Garg, who retired from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, was asked to inquire into the matter of rice allotted to Milkose (India) Limited for the supplementary nutrition programme (SNP) found in the godown at Boko.

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