Food commodities worth ` 71 lakh missing

Food commodities worth more than Rs 71 lakh have been reported to be missing from the godown of Karnataka State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation under Vidyaranyapuram police station limits here on Monday.

The missing commodities include 4,070 quintals of rice, 6,000 quintals of wheat and 69 quintals of sugar. The commodities were stocked at the granary to be supplied to fair price shops. It has been discovered during verification of stocks, at the end of the financial year.
Manager of the corporation Jayadevaraj Urs has lodged a police complaint.