Representational image. – Photo: Social Media Extension Katni District A sensational case of theft of paddy worth crores of rupees has come to the fore from the open cab of the State Warehousing Corporation located at Majhgawan under Badwara police station. The contracting company had not made any security arrangements for the safety of the paddy. For which the SWC and the local police also corresponded with the concerned company. According to the information received from YS Sengar, District Manager of State Warehousing Corporation Katni, the responsibility of care and protection of paddy purchased at the divisional level is on contract. Go Green was given to the company. Apart from the warehouse at Majhgawan, the company had stored paddy in open cabs. Security was not arranged by the company to protect the paddy kept in the open cab. A letter was also written to him in this regard. The recovery of the value of the stolen paddy will be done from the concerned company as per the terms of the contract. According to the information received from Badwada police station in-charge SI Ankit Mishra, the contractor company had given a written complaint regarding the theft of paddy from the open cap. The responsibility of the care and protection of the paddy was that of the contractor company as per the contract. Despite having an open cab, the contractor company had not got CCTV cameras and phrasing done from the point of view of security. Security guards were not even deployed for security. The company was grossly negligent in complying with the terms of the contract. The company did not even tell in the complaint that how much paddy was stolen. The police have not registered an FIR as the complaint is suspicious. Saurabh Malviya, the project head of the contractor company, told that he is not aware of how much paddy was stolen from the open cap. Discussion is on with the concerned authorities in the case of stolen paddy. A complaint was made to the police regarding the theft of paddy. According to the information received from the sources, about thousand sacks of paddy have been stolen from the open cab. The cost of one sack is 1950 Rs. Accordingly, a scam of about Rs 7 crore has taken place. Efforts are on at the highest level to clear it. Security staff not paid1950
According to the information received from the sources, the contract company had given the responsibility of security of paddy to the target security agency. The company had appointed 35 security guards in the month of July, who were living in nearby villages. Only one month’s salary was given to the security guards by the contracting company. The security guard stopped work since November 35 due to non-payment of salary for the months of August, September and October. Had done it. ,