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Probe ordered into unloading of wheat at crematorium

Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Singh Chautala ordered an investigation into the offloading of wheat at the Madina village cremation cemetery for sale to the government procurement agency, HAFED.

Shivam Dwivedi
Deputy CM Orders Probe into Wheat Offloading at Madina Village Crematorium
Deputy CM Orders Probe into Wheat Offloading at Madina Village Crematorium

A big amount of wheat has been left out in the open on the grounds of the cremation. Wheat was not unloaded on the Madina village crematorium campus this season, but the practice has been going on for the past decade. Surprisingly, government organizations purchased vegetables from here every year.

This turned up in a report by the secretary-cum-executive officer of the Market Committee, Rohtak, who claimed that the crematorium and the site where the wheat was unloaded were separate and separated by a 33-foot-wide path.

According to sources, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ajay Kumar directed Meham Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Dalbir Phogat to conduct an investigation to determine what motivated the wheat to be unloaded at the location and whether any official had directed farmers to do so.

According to the sources, the DC further asked the SDM not to allow any farmer to further unload the wheat at the cremation ground and to ensure the swift removal of the procured wheat from the site. On Monday, the Deputy CM called the DC and gave him the orders.

"A private company has been putting wheat there for over ten years, and the government agency has also purchased produce from there. Only 25,000 bags of grain can be stored at the Madina grain market. Last season, 1.90 lakh bags arrived here, while 1.45 lakh bags have arrived this season, with 60,000 bags lifted so far," according to the report.

"More than 60% of the wheat had already been lifted from the cremation grounds, and the SDM Meham had been directed to get the remaining stock lifted as soon as possible, as well as to stop further unloading of wheat there." as per Ajay Kumar.

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