Police have registered a case against unnamed officials of NAFED and GUJCOT after groundnuts procured by a state agency and stored at a warehouse in the district were found to be adulterated with stones and soil.
Some traders had refused to take the delivery of groundnuts they had purchased from a warehouse at Gondal, complaining of adulteration.
The groundnuts were procured by the Gujarat State Co-Operative Cotton Federation (GUJCOT) on behalf of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India(NAFED).
The godown is privately-owned.
Rajkot Rural Superintendent of Police Balram Meena said an FIR was registered today at Gondal police station against unnamed officials of NAFED, GUJCOT, Gujarat State Warehousing Corporation and a private firm involved in quality survey.
The case was registered under IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (cheating), he added.
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"We are conducting a probe to find out how soil and stones found their way into groundnut bags. We will probe whether the stones and soil were mixed before packing the bags or later," the SP said.
Rajkot collector Rahul Gupta said that six teams, each having a deputy mamlatdar (a revenue officer), a police official and a cameraman, have been set up for the probe.
Around 30,000 sacks, each with 35 kg of groundnuts, are stored at the Gondal godown.