Mansa,
The Bhikhi police today recovered 480 bags of wheat that were siphoned off from a PUNSUP godown in a truck.

They also booked two food inspectors and two truck operators. While the truck operators were arrested, the inspectors managed to flee the spot.

The police officials said food inspectors Neeraj Kumar and Rohit Kumar Singla got the wheat bags loaded onto a private truck from the godowns under their jurisdiction in Bhikhi. The officers had planned to get the bags transferred to their private vehicles and sell them illegally.

Acting on a tip-off, Bhikhi SHO Paramjit Singh Sandhu set up a police check post, intercepted the truck and arrested drivers Swaranjit Singh and Gulaab Singh.

District Manager of PUNSUP Sandeep Bansal said Kumar and Singla and guards of the godown Bhola Singh and Gurdev Singh had been suspended till further orders.

Mansa Deputy Commissioner Dharampal Gupta said the wheat stock in the godown would now be checked and the data would be compared with the earlier stock record to ascertain the number of bags that had been siphoned off from the godown.