Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 3: Taking strong note of the reports of alleged growing “mafia culture” in Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department, PCC vice president and Congress MLA from Inderwal GM Saroori today strongly castigated the officials of CAPD Department for their allege involvement in open corruption adding that people, particularly the dealers are complaining about increase in corruption in department.
In a press statement Mr Saroori alleged that ration dealers for no legitimate reasons are being harassed and summoned at Director office by some officers on one or other pretext and fake accusations were being leveled against them just for minting money from them thereby, causing harassment to them both mentally and physically as well.
Saroori further alleged that it is highly regretful that on finding no way to ‘mint’ money from the ‘non-erring’ ration dealers the senior officials ‘suspend’ their license illegally and then demand huge ‘monetary favour’ to get the license revoked and added that the practice is hazardously encouraging the ‘corruption mafia culture’ in the State.
“Such humiliation and harassment on the non-erring ration dealers of the State by corrupt officials of their own department is the alarm ahead of danger”, said Saroori.
The Congress MLA further stated that another glaring example of corruption in CAPD Department can be gauged from the fact that the families which were earlier having Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration cards are now being issued Above Poverty Line (APL) ration cards and the rich and wealthy families which were having APL ration cards are now being given BPL ration cards in utter violation of norms, which Saroori claimed as an ‘injustice’ with the poor and nomads of State.
The MLA has urged the State Vigilance Commissioner (SVC) to enquire into the allegations made by the ration dealers and poor families and handle the corrupt and erring officials with iron hands so that it could serve lesson to all the corrupt officials of the State in future.
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