Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 24: Crime Branch, Jammu today produced challan against 14 persons including the J&K Bank and Relief organization officials and some private persons for fraudulent distribution of migrants’ relief amounting to Rs 51,85,000 there by causing a huge loss to State exchequer.
Among the 14 persons against whom challan was produced today three are dead.
As per a handout issued by Crime Branch here today, a Case FIR No. 20/1993 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471,120-B RPC, r/w 5(2) PC Act P/S Crime Branch, Jammu was registered on the basis of a written complaint lodged by Rattan Singh Charak S/o Mangu Charak of Channi Himmat, Jammu alleging therein that one Vijay Kumar S/o Dhuni Chand in connivance with Kashmiri Lal Pandit, Relief Officer prepared about two thousand fraudulent ration cards of Kashmiri Pandits and Sikh migrants and the amount of the relief is deposited in account Nos. 2392 & 2464 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Mandi Complex Jammu and A/c No.5500 of J&K Bank Branch Ware House Jammu.
The amount so deposited is distributed among themselves and Yashpal Khajuria fraudulently, it added.
It said during the course of investigation, relevant records were seized from Relief Office Zone No.12 Channi Himmat, Jammu and also some cheques, ledger sheets etc were seized from J&K Bank Branch Fruit Mandi complex Jammu and Nehru Market Jammu. Also150 D-Forms of different Kashmiri/Sikh migrants were seized and sent to FSL for expert opinion. Later on the investigation of the case was transferred to Vigilance Organization Jammu in the year 1994 which remained under investigation till year 2002. The investigation of the case was again transferred to Crime Branch Jammu for further investigation.
It said the investigation conducted revealed that Relief zone 12 Channi Himmat Jammu issued Relief cheques in favour of different Kashmiri migrants through cheques most of which were account payee cheques. The Bank authorities and other beneficiaries hatched a criminal conspiracy with the intention to cause huge loss to the State exchequer in connivance with the J&K Bank officials, Mohd. Hussain S/o Hassan Din R/o Chowadi Jammu, Madhu Sudhan Sharma S/o Niwas Sharma R/o H.No.438 Shastri Nagar Jammu A/p 211/3 Swastik Vihar Trikuta Nagar Ext. Jammu(now expired), Mohd. Sohaib Sadiquee S/o Sheikh Hamza Ali R/o Sadiquee House East Rly. Colony Jammu, Noor Hussain S/o Pura Din R/o Chowadi Sainik Colony Jammu , Rajesh Gupta S/o Kasturi Lal Gupta R/o 390/A Gandhi Nagar Jammu, Fareed Ahmed S/o Gh. Mohd. R/o 314/15 Housing Colony Janipur A/p near water tube well, Mohalla Assarabad Sidhra Jammu, Sunil Kumar S/o Bansi Lal R/o 16 Gandu ki Chawni Jammu who passed order cheques on forged endorsement and afforded credit into account Nos. SB-2392, SB-2464, SB-5500 and SB-2552 by making cash payments of account payees cheques, authorizing opening series of bogus accounts, passed and made cash payments of order cheques meant for different beneficiaries on forged signatures to one person.
In this way the Bank official credited the amount Rs 2,95,400 in account numbers of Anil Kumar @ Harish Chopra S/o Amar Nath R/o 50 Friends lane, Tikshla Niketan Public School, Talab Tillo, Jammu. A/c No. 2464 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Mandi complex Jammu w.e.f 31.7.1991 to 28.8.1991, Rs 25,89,300 were credited in the A/c No.2392 J&K Branch Fruit complex Jammu w.e.f 26.12 1991 to 19.3.1992 of Vijay Kumar S/o Duni Chand R/o Channi Himmat Jammu while Rs 20,40,800 were debited in the Yashpal Sharma S/o Dewan Chand R/o EP-11, Mohalla Dalpatian Jammu . A/c No.2552 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Complex Jammu w.e.f 24.9.1991 to 19.3.1992 and Rs 1,65,900 were debited in the A/c No.5500 J&K Bank Branch Nehru Market Jammu w.e.f 26.12.1991 to 1.10.1992. Besides a cash payment of Rs.93,600/ was also made making a total of Rs.51,85,000/- payable to different beneficiaries.
The credited amounts was withdrawn with criminal intention/conspiracy and distributed the amount amongst themselves, the handout added.
SSP Crime Branch Jammu Mubassir Latifi said that this was one of the oldest case under investigation with Crime Branch Jammu. He said that the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471,120-B RPC, r/w 5(2) PC Act were established against the above mentioned 14 accused persons and chargesheet was presented in the Court of Ld. Special Judge Anti Corruption Jammu.
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