Allahabad:
About 13,000 metric tonnes of foodgrain worth Rs 3 crore, meant to be distributed to poor families under the government's public distribution scheme, has gone missing from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The depot manager has reportedly suggested that rats ate the 13,000 metric tonnes of rice and 37 metric tonnes of wheat.
A regional manager of the FCI found the enormous amount of grain missing from the godown during an inspection. A police complaint has been filed against the depot manager who furnished the rodent theory and 10 workers at the godown.
FCI godowns store wheat and rice to be given out to families below the poverty line. The CBI is already investigating a Rs 35,000 crore foodgrain scam in UP.