Lakh rupees has been manipulated in Titilagarh MARKFED (Odisha State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd.) while audit. The person in charge has been suspended. A letter has been written to vigilance regarding this. The Titilagarh police did not file the complaint.
As per the information, the government audit team inspected stock and accounts of MARKFED. At the time of inspection, the audit team found extensive manipulation from April 1st 2014 to June 29th 2015. According to the report of the audit team, there is huge irregularity in stock record of fertilizers. The departmental record and the stock in the godown were not matching. Likewise, the same situation was found in the account. The real facts have been destroyed and forgery papers have been planted, reports the audit team. After receiving the report, the Titilagarh MARKFED godown in charge junior assistant Loknath Bishi has been suspended.
Further, suspended Sri Bishi has not deposit the cash memo from 687512 to 688000. The manipulation can be traced clearly after inspecting the cash memo. In between April 1st 2014 to June2015, 36 lakh 45 thousand 809 rupees have been grabbed.
The Managing Director of MARKFED has written to vigilance Sambalpur division regarding the manipulation and requested for investigation of the matter. Yet the step taken from the vigilance is unclear.