# Balrampur DM orders unsealing of 6 cooperatives in wheat theft case 2026-10-04T04:22:25+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Balrampur District Magistrate Dr Vipin Kumar Jain has ordered the unsealing of six cooperative societies that were sealed on 15 and 16 September in connection with the theft of wheat worth over Rs 81 lakh. The societies include B-PACS Tulsi Pur, Kauvapur, Suga Nagar, Gauramafi, Mudila and the Pachperwa Cooperative Union. The unsealing will be carried out in the presence of a magistrate. Tulsi Pur Tehsildar (Judicial) has been appointed magistrate for the process. The Assistant District Cooperative Officer, Tulsi Pur, will prepare a charge list of goods and records available at the societies. A probe had found 310.999 metric tonnes of wheat missing from three procurement centres, Nachaura-Nachauri, Kauvapur and Bhagwanpur Khadar, worth an estimated Rs 81.01 lakh. The cooperative department had removed Shri Prakash Singh from the post of secretary of B-PACS Tulsi Pur and suspended his signing authority. Separate FIRs have been lodged at Tulsi Pur and Pachperwa police stations. Singh has been arrested and sent to judicial custody. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The unsealing order moves the probe from the physical seizure stage to evidence documentation, but the core question of how wheat worth Rs 81 lakh went missing remains unresolved. The magistrate-led inventory will determine whether the sealed societies still hold the documents needed to trace the supply chain from farmers to the Food Corporation of India. Two FIRs have been filed and one secretary is already in custody, which suggests the investigation has identified individual suspects but not yet established the full chain of responsibility. The next step is the preparation of the charge list, after which the cooperative department may proceed with departmental action or a chargesheet. ## Coverage - bhaskar.com Straight factual report, no commentary or editorialising This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: B-PACS Tulsi Pur, Balrampur, Dr Vipin Kumar Jain Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/balrampur-dm-orders-unsealing-of-6-cooperatives-in-wheat-theft-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/balrampur-dm-orders-unsealing-of-6-cooperatives-in-wheat-theft-case/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/