The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against 39 people, including several government officials, in alleged misappropriation of ration worth over crores of rupees in Jammu district, officials said. The case was registered in 2006 after verifying the allegations of misappropriation of ration issued under various schemes in Jammu from 2004 to 2005, an ACB spokesperson said.

The 39 accused including Ashok Kumar Pandita, the then Assistant Director Mills Jammu, and other public servants including various the then Assistant Directors, then Tehsil Supply Officers, Supervisors, Storekeepers, Ration Dealers of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and private beneficiaries - flour mill owners, he said. It was alleged that the ration under (BPL) Below Poverty Line, (AAY) Antyodaya Anna Yojna and (APS) Annapurna Schemes has been drawn in excess in Jammu Rural tehsil by fraudulent means and was sold in the open market, he said.