Truck loaded with subsidised wheat worth Rs90m seized
Lahore
March 2, 2021
LAHORE:The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab captured a truck loaded with subsidised wheat to be sold in open market from Lodhran on Monday.
DG ACE, M Gohar Nafees said that ACE has busted a racket of unholy alliance between flour mill owners and officers/officials of Food Department involved in unlawful profit making out of subsidised flour. A case has been registered against District Food Controller Lodhran M Asghar, Food Inspector M Hanif and owner of Pakistan Flour Mill M Dildar.
The wheat worth over Rs90 million was being transported to be sold in open market which is a violation of government policy on subsidised wheat. It was sold to the owners of Pakistan Flour Mill Dunyapur for its grinding by Food Department and subsequent availability of flour to be sold in open market for the general public on subsidised rates. However, the mill owners were selling it without grinding. DG ACE directed the Regional Director ACE, Haider Wattoo to form an investigation team to thoroughly look into the matter.