Panchkula, March 19 -- The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against Rajesh Kumar, a salesman at the Barwala Seed Distribution Centre, along with other unidentified officials and employees of the Haryana Seeds Development Corporation (HSDC), for their alleged involvement in a large-scale subsidy fraud related to wheat seed distribution.

The case was registered following the directions by Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) in order dated May 9, 2024. The HC, while hearing a writ petition filed in 2022 by a farmer Jasbir Ram, had sought directions for inquiry into the scam as established from preliminary inquiry dated September 17, 2021. The court ordered for comprehensive inquiry by state vigilance bureau.

The ca...