Over 26,000 quintals of paddy worth ₹8 crore have gone missing from Chhattisgarh procurement centres. Officials blamed rats, termites and weather damage. A high-level complaint has been filed against the person in charge of the Bazar Charbhatta centre, where a discrepancy of ₹5 crore was found. Meanwhile, procurement in-charge, Pritesh Pandey, has been removed.