Guwahati, Jan 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge-sheet against a former deputy general manager of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) regional office here along with the proprietor of a Kokrajhar-based private firm during an ongoing investigation of a case.
Names of the two accused – Bhaskaran Devanand, the then deputy general manager (region), FCI, Guwahati and Sagar Basumatary, proprietor of M/s Sagar Basumatary, Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar, Assam, have been mentioned in the charge-sheet, allegedly for causing a loss of Rs 55.28 lakh (approximately) to the government exchequer.
This was informed through an official communiqué to the media on Tuesday.
A case was registered on October 28, 2021 against the former FCI (Guwahati) deputy general manager and others, including the proprietor of the private company based at Kokrajhar (Assam) on the allegations that there were anomalies in awarding of contract for transportation of food-grains and manipulation in sanctioning transportation bills showing undue favour to the private contractor.
The CBI had earlier conducted searches on the premises of the accused.
“Documents pertaining to transport contracts of FCI, handwritten transcripts of records of expenditures/payments made and details of bank passbook, cheque books containing record slips were recovered from the residence of the said proprietor,” the statement said.
