News > FCI syndicate could have been making Rs 2-5 crore bribe in each depot in a crop season: CBI

FCI syndicate could have been making Rs 2-5 crore bribe in each depot in a crop season: CBI

According to the CBI FIR, an organized syndicate of FCI officers charged bribes ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 4,000 per truck unloaded at godowns, across Punjab, from private millers to cover up lower quality grains supplied by them and to extend other favours. “The bribe amount is collected at the depot level by FCI officials on a per truck basis being unloaded at the FCI depot during storage of grains. Thereafter this bribe amount is distributed to the different ranks of FCI,” the CBI has alleged.