ACB raid uncovers major lapses at Kamareddy civil supplies office

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted a astonishment raid astatine the bureau of the District Civil Supplies Department located successful the Integrated Collectorate astatine Kamareddy and detected superior lapses linked to large-scale atom milling defaults, causing important nonaccomplishment to the authorities exchequer.

As per the accusation shared by the department, the raid was carried retired astatine astir 12.15 p.m. connected January 24 astatine the bureau of the District Manager, Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Kamareddy. Officials recovered repeated failures to enactment against defaulting atom millers implicit aggregate kharif seasons, contempt important shortfalls successful customized milled rice.

During the 2021–22 kharif season, 39 atom millers defaulted, with enactment initiated against lone two, resulting successful a shortfall of 581 metric tonnes valued astatine ₹64 lakh. In the 2022–23 kharif season, 37 millers defaulted, again with enactment taken against conscionable two, starring to a shortfall of 19,529 metric tonnes amounting to ₹41 crore. In the 2023–24 kharif season, 7 millers defaulted and enactment was taken against three, but a shortfall of 5,194 metric tonnes valued astatine ₹2.5 crore was inactive recorded.

The ACB further noted that Green Hills Agro Industries, which had defaulted connected customized milled atom successful 2023–24 and against which a transgression lawsuit was registered, continued to person allocations. Despite the pending case, officials allotted some the kharif and rabi 2024–25 yields to the aforesaid miller.

The probe besides revealed that since September 2025, inspections of MLS points and atom mills had not been conducted by either the District Civil Supply Officer oregon the District Manager of the Civil Supplies Corporation successful Kamareddy. One information introduction relation attached to the District Civil Supply Office was recovered to beryllium progressive successful suspicious transactions and has been placed nether enquiry.

The ACB stated that contempt the repeated and sizeable shortfalls, the District Civil Supply Officer, the District Manager and Deputy Tahsildars successful Kamareddy failed to instrumentality timely enactment against defaulting atom millers, resulting successful dense fiscal nonaccomplishment to the State.

A elaborate study volition beryllium submitted to the authorities recommending due enactment against the officials concerned. The ACB reiterated its entreaty to the nationalist to study immoderate request for bribes by nationalist servants done its toll-free fig 1064, assuring confidentiality to complainants.

Published - January 26, 2026 07:51 p.m. IST

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