Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2:The Anti-Corruption Bureau Doda today produced challan against the accused Revenue officers and officials of Udhampur, who fabricated Revenue records and released compensation money disproportionately amongst the beneficiaries in village Mand.
Challan in case FIR No.06/2013 P/S VOJ (now ACB) U/S 5(1) (d) r/w section 5(2) P.C. Act Svt. 2006 & sections 467, 468, 471 and 120-B RPC was produced in Anti-Corruption Court Udhampur against namely Nasir Iqbal Parray, the then Collector Land Acquisition and Addl Dy Commissioner, Udhampur; Mohd Saleem Banday, then Patwari Halqa Mand Udhampur and the beneficiaries namely Gopal Singh, then Naib Tehsildar Tikri Udhampur; Pritam Singh son of Kavi Raj of village Mand, Udhampur; his brothers Madan Lal (Girdawar and then posted in GQ Circle Dhanoo, Udhampur); Sham Sher Singh; Balbinder Singh, Subash Singh; Fateh Singh, son of Isher Singh of village Mand, his brother Tara Singh (then a Peon- class-IV employee in Govt High School Mand), Gandeep Singh( then Ballman, MES, MH Udhampur), Jaktar Singh ( then Driver, Department of Soil Conservation Udhampur); Sansar Singh son of Amar Nath of village Mand, A/P Chak Bhagta (Ex-Service man and Numberdar), his brothers Satpal Singh ( then Forester, Social Forestry Block Tikri), Dharam Singh ( then Class-IV employee in OBC Bank, Branch Katra), Kuldeep Singh ( then ASI, ITBP, 21st BN, Pantha Chock, Srinagar) and Rashpal Singh(now Expired).
The case was registered on the basis of a verification conducted by ACB into the allegations of fabrication of revenue records and the release of compensation money disproportionately amongst the beneficiaries in village Mand by Nasir Iqbal Parray, the then Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur and Mohd Saleem Banday, the then Patwari Halqa Mand, Udhampur, in league with the beneficiaries thereby wrongfully and dishonestly facilitating the release of compensation amount for acquisition of land for National Highway.
During the investigation, it was found that a total amount of Rs 29,07,857 was illegally and fraudulently disbursed by the accused Revenue officers/ officials as compensation among the beneficiaries by depriving the genuine land holders thus causing a loss to the State exchequer. After obtaining the prosecution sanctions from the competent authority the case has been challaned for judicial determination. Next date of hearing in the case has been fixed for 10.05.2019.
The case was investigated by DySP Anti-Corruption Bureau Kamaljit Singh
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