Jharkhand Additional Director (Food) Sanjay Kumar will probe the ration distribution system in Sahibganj and Pakur districts to look into the allegations of smuggling of grains to Bangladesh through West Bengal.
Kumar was entrusted with the responsibility of investigation by Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Minister Saryu Roy today, an official release said.
The probe was ordered a day after two officials of the Jharkhand State Food Corporation (JSFC) were suspended for their alleged nexus with a racket involved in smuggling of grains to Bangladesh from Sahibganj.
During a review meeting of his department, Roy also instructed the officials to make calls to random beneficiaries in Sahibganj to ascertain whether they received their quota of ration as the department has their mobile numbers, the release said here.
He also asked for a detailed list of lapse of grains between October, 2015 and March, 2016 to verify whether black market was the reason behind the lapse during that period.
JSFC's Sahibganj district Manager Bhudev Mandal and Lifting Incharge Gurupad Sutradhar had been suspended yesterday after four trucks carrying grains were intercepted in Sahibganj last week. Two trucks, however, managed to escape.
