![according to reports around 10 000 metric tons of wheat is transported from sindh to punjab daily photo file according to reports around 10 000 metric tons of wheat is transported from sindh to punjab daily photo file](https://i.tribune.com.pk/media/images/1980864-wheatx-1558892037/1980864-wheatx-1558892037.jpg)
A team of Sukkur National Accountability Bureau raided a warehouse on Nawabshah-Sanghar road, on Saturday, and found only 61,000 out of a million bags which were procured last year.
An official of NAB told the media that food officials could not satisfy NAB as to why such a large quantity of the wheat bags worth hundreds of millions of rupees were missing. The official said that they have seized the record of the storage facility and further investigation is underway.
Food officials are often accused of illegally selling wheat to flour mills.
An investigation is already underway in Ghtoki district, where NAB is investigating the shifting of wheat worth billions of rupees to flour mills, under the pretext of temporary storage, by food officials. The NAB team, earlier this month, raided several flour mills in Ghotki and found that the mills had utilised and sold the wheat they got from food officials.
The NAB is also conducting enquiries into similar scams that surfaced in Sukkur, Khairpur, Jacohabad, Naushahro Feroze, Qambar Shahdadkot and Kashmore Kandhkot districts. The Sindh Anti-Corruption Establishment is also investigating wheat scams in Karachi, Sanghar and Dadu.
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