SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation today filed a charge-sheet against 60 people, including government officials, for their alleged role in embezzlement of over Rs 22 crores from funds meant to compensate people whose lands were acquired in Pulwama.
After government had accorded sanction for launching prosecution against the serving public servants, the charge sheet in the case comprising about 2,000 pages was produced before the court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Pulwama, Haq Nawaz Zargar against the 60 accused persons.
“Challan of the biggest embezzlement scam produced by Vigilance Organisation Kashmir against the accused persons for embezzlement of more than Rs 22 crore from the accounts of Collector Land Acquisition Pulwama out of funds meant for compensation to the land owners for four lanning of National Highway, was filed today,” a SVO spokesman said.
He said the investigation of the case was conducted by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by SP (ABP) Vigilance Organisation. 75 persons were accused including the then collector land Acquisition/ADC Pulwama Adil Rashid Naqash, Land Acquisition Clerk, Parvez Indrabi (LAC) of DC office Pulwama.
The accused also include officials of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited Awantipora and Lethpora.
Investigation revealed that the accused Collector Adil Rashid Naqash, Land Acquisition Clerk of DC office Pulwama Parvez Indrabi, officers and officials of J&K Bank Awantipora and Lethpora including then Branch Head of J&K Bank Lethpora in league with Farukh Jahanzeb alias Rinku S/o Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Bhat alias Mahi Pandit of Awantipora, Showkat Ahmad Dar and others hatched a conspiracy and in league with each other managed to embezzle Rs. 22,11,89,400 from the official accounts of Collector Land Acquisition Pulwama.
Meanwhile, the spokesman said that matter has also been taken up with the Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited for accord of sanction against 14 serving bank officers and officials and on receiving the sanction, charge sheet will be produced against them.
The money was initially transferred to the accounts of following persons on the basis of fake and fraud authority letters and even without any authority where from the money was distributed between the accused conspirators or utilized for raising immovable assets.
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