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The Cherthala constabulary person registered a lawsuit against M.M. Saju, councillor of Ward 25 of Cherthala Municipality, for allegedly misusing nutrient coupons distributed nether a authorities payment strategy for highly mediocre families.
A ailment filed by the municipal caput accused the councillor of misappropriating coupons worthy ₹22,000 that were meant to supply indispensable groceries to identified beneficiaries.
The State authorities had introduced the strategy successful December 2023, nether which families classified arsenic being successful utmost poorness were provided nutrient coupons worthy ₹500 each month. The coupons could beryllium utilized to acquisition market items, excluding rice, from Supplyco outlets. In each ward, the councillor was responsiblefor distributing the coupons to eligible families.
In Ward 25, 3 families were identified arsenic beneficiaries. However, during a caller survey, 1 of them reported not having received immoderate coupons truthful far.
Following an interior inquiry, the caput recovered that 2 retired of the 3 beneficiaries had not received their coupons, adjacent though records showed that the councillor had collected them each month.
The DYFI staged a protestation demanding a elaborate probe into the alleged misuse. The DYFI besides distributed nutrient kits to the affected families connected Saturday, said its zonal caput A.R. Arunkumar.
Police officials confirmed that a lawsuit has been registered and that the councillor’s connection volition beryllium recorded successful the coming days.
