Karnal, Oct. 31 -- Days after Karnal deputy commissioner (DC) Uttam Singh ordered physical verification of paddy stock at rice mills and scrutiny of gate passes at mandis, police on Thursday registered two separate FIRs against a rice miller and government officials for alleged large-scale irregularities during the ongoing kharif procurement season.

The accused include a rice mill owner, a mandi secretary, four mandi inspectors, and a sub-inspector from the Food and Supplies department.

In the first case, DC Uttam Singh said that during physical verification of paddy allotted to mills for custom milling, the quantity of paddy was found to be short. "On finding the involvement of a rice miller and four mandi inspectors, an FIR has been l...