Haryana: Gate passes deleted amid no-show of paddy from UP, reveals Probe
Hindustan TimesDays after the Karnal district administration sou moto took up the probe into the alleged discrepancies in the issuance of gate passes at grain markets, it has now come to the fore that the deleted gate passes were issued for vehicles expected to bring in paddy from Uttar Pradesh, which did not arrive. A probe team set-up by deputy commissioner Uttam Singh under additional deputy commissioner Yash Jaluka along with assistant commissioner under training Yogesh Saini and other officials had found that a total of 1,865 gate passes, showing the arrival of over 1 lakh quintals of crop, have been deleted at 10 mandis in the district. An official, not wishing to be named, said that the gate passes were first issued in anticipation of the arrival of paddy from Uttar Pradesh and were deleted when the vehicles did not arrive. As per the data shared, a total of 1,865 gate passes of nearly 1,02,878 quintals were deleted at ten-grain markets, including the highest number of entries of 773 gate passes of 42,648 quintals at the Nissing market.