Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 3: J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against officials of Rural Development Department (RDD) Block Dachhan, District Kishtwar for misappropriation of Rs 30,25,264.
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A case FIR number 01/2024, under section 5(1)(c),5(1)(d) r/w section 5(2) of JK Prevention of Corruption Act and section 120-B RPC P/S ACB Doda has been registered against Parveen Sharma of Greater Kailash Jammu, the then BDO Block Dachhan; Mohd Abass of Sounder Dachhan, then VLW Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur; Mohd Hussain of Sounder Dachhan, then VLW Loharna-B; Munshi Ram of Janakpur, Dachhan, then VLW Panchayat Janakpur; Ranjeet Raina of Janakpur, Dachhan, then GRS Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur; Daleep Kumar of Panjdhara Dachhan, then GRS Panchayat Loharna-B; Asif Hussain , Sarpanch Panchayat Janakpur and others.
The Preliminary Enquiry (PE) conducted into the case reveals that the accused officers/officials, under will-knit conspiracy with each other and beneficiaries, dishonestly and fraudulently abused their official positions to misappropriate amount of Rs 30,25,264 for 20 randomly selected different works of Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur meant for execution of works under different schemes of Rural Development Department on account of payments for the material supplied with consequent loss to the state exchequer.
During the course of investigation, house search of accused BDO Parveen Sharma at H.No 5-B, Lane No.12 Greater Kailash Jammu was also conducted. Further investigation in the case is in progress.
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