JAGATSINGHPUR: A procurement inspector has been suspended and five other employees of Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC) godown transferred on Saturday for negligence of duty and allowing a miller to illegally stock poor quality rice for public disbursement.
On Friday, Collector Yamini Sarangi had asked Sub-Collector Narahari Sethy to probe into the storing of sub-standard rice at Taradapada godown. The Sub-Collector submitted his report on Saturday following which the Collector suspended procurement inspector Saswatika Sahu for negligence of duty by allowing a miller stock poor quality rice for public distribution. Sarangi has sought the intervention of Commissioner-cum-Secretary in the department to take action against Assistant Civil Supply Officer Bibhuti Chandra Bachara in the case.