Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered case against incumbent General Managar and Chief Executive Officer of Jammu Central Cooperative Bank Limited (JCCBL) and others for financial irregularities and mismanagement.
As per official spokesman, a case has been registered against Mohammad Mushtaq, the incumbent GM/CEO JCCBL, Ravi Vaid, the then Manager, Sudesh Kumar Sharma, the then Branch Incharge JCC Bank, Branch Pouni district Reasi, Mohan Lal Sharma, Secretary Pura Kotla, Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) and others vide FIR Number 2/2020 under sections 5(1) (d) r/w 5 (2) of J&K PC Act, Svt. 2006 and 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC at ACB Jammu.
The instant case was registered on the outcome of verification conducted by ACB into the allegations of financial irregularities and mismanagement by incumbent GM/CEO of the JCCBL which revealed that during the year 2016, Rs.43.91 lakh were shown to have been disbursed to Pura Kotla Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) Block Pouni, district Reasi through Ravi Vaid, Manager and Sudesh Kumar Branch Incharge JCC Bank Branch Pouni.
It was found that on ground no such amount was disbursed to the farmers and only paper work was completed to keep the society eligible for contesting the election of Board of Directors of JCC Bank in which Mohan Lal Sharma, then Secretary, Pura Kotla MPCS had already been elected twice. The beneficiaries and members of the Pura Kotla MPCS neither received the loan nor deposited loan amount in the Bank during the Kharif-2016, only the interest portion of the loan was given to the Secretary, MPCS in cash who would deposit the same in the JCC Bank Branch Pouni and the principal amount was adjusted in Bank Cash Book by corrupt and fraudulent means.
It was also found that J&K Government had announced 50% waiver for eligible individual KCC borrowers in March 2015 whereas, the JCC Bank waived Rs.23.44 lakh of crop loan to cover up the previous fictitious loan of Kharif 2016 and Rabi 2016-17, spokesman said, adding that the outstanding loan was liquidated by fabrication of records by the Bank officials in connivance with the beneficiaries. The society is running 100% default with outstanding amount of Rs.30.91 lakh and overdue amount of Rs.30.91 lakh, he added.
“ACB after registration of a formal case under relevant sections of law, also conducted searches with the help of local police and Magistrates at residential houses of Mohammad Mushtaq situated at Ward No.4 Rajouri and Bathindi Jammu, Ravi Vaid situated at 237/7 Talab Tillo Jammu, Sudesh Kumar Sharma situated at Sail Sallan, Udhampur and Mohan Lal Sharma situated at Ransoo, Tehsil Pouni, Reasi. During the process, incriminating documents and relevant record, papers relating to properties and FDRs are seized on spot in presence of independent witnesses”, the official spokesman informed.
Detailed and in-depth scrutiny of the seized record and further investigation is going on, he maintained.
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