MID-DAY MEAL IN SCHOOL
Officials to probe irregularities
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Sangrur, November 10
Following complaints of misappropriation into mid-day meal scheme, police authorities of Barnala along with senior education authorities seized the store register and locked the store room of mid-day meal of Gandhi Arya High School at Barnala today.

Even as police has not registered a case into the matter yet, it has recommended to DC Barnala that an inquiry into the matter, if any, be conducted by the education department authorities. Police sources said acting on the complaints of misappropriation into mid-day meal scheme, a police team led by the DSP Barnala, Rupinder Kumar Bhardwaj along with senior education department official raided the government run Gandhi Arya High School at Barnala.

They said following checking of stock register and its tally with the actual stock in the store, the team found that actual stock in the store was in larger quantity than that mentioned in the register.

Sources added that following this, police has seized the stock register and locked the store room. Police instructed that the school authorities should open the storeroom, to take material used for mid-day meal scheme, in its presence.

They further said that police team has submitted its report to the SSP Barnala, who has recommended to the DC Barnala that an inquiry should be conducted by the education authorities following which action will be taken by police.

Confirming this, Senior Superintendent of Police Barnala HS Bhullar said “Our team found that stocks maintained by the school authorities had less ration for mid-day meal scheme than was found in the stock room. I have recommended to the DC Barnala that an inquiry be conducted by the education authorities, following which, action , will be taken by police”.