Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 22: Crime Branch Jammu today booked JAKFED officials for allegedly preparing fake and forged bills in respect of fertilizer freight charges.
A case FIR number 35/2013 under Section 420, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC r/w Section 5(2) PC Act Svt 206 has been registered against Sanjeev Sachdeva, the then Manager Accounts; G L Abrol, then General Manager; Jog Raj, Senior Auditor; Zahoor Ahmed, Senior Auditor; Ajay Gupta, Naveen Chander and other officials of the JAKFED for preparing fake and forged bills.
A written complaint was lodged by one M I Mir, president of JAKFED Employees Welfare Association, Jammu with the Crime Branch, alleging that JAKFED authorities had prepared fake and forged bills in respect of fertilizer freight charges and in this way had swindled an amount of Rs 1.24 crore.
Acting on the complaint, an inquiry was initiated in which it was prima facie established that JAKFED authorities had deputed various trucks for transportation of fertilizers from Jammu to various destinations.
In a single challan 234 vehicles were shown to have been used for transportation of fertilizers out of which about 70 vehicles, at random, were got identified through RTO/ARTOs. Out of 70 vehicles, 25 vehicles were identified as Cars, Motor Cycles, Scooters, Tankers or Mopeds etc which clearly shows that fake bills were prepared and amount thereof was misappropriated, the investigations found.
It has also been found that certain vouchers were passed without the signatures of FA/CAO and that the then Manager Accounts, Sanjeev Sachdeva had signed the vouchers as FA/CAO. Further, the then General Manager G L Abrol, Sr Auditor Jog Raj, Sr Auditor Zahoor Ahmed, in connivance with Ajay Gupta, Naveen Chander and other employees of the JAKFED prepared fake vouchers of Rs 1.24 Crore and withdrew the same fraudulently in order to cause wrongful gains to themselves and wrongful loss to the public exchequer.
Based on the outcome of enquiry, a formal case was registered in Police Station Crime Branch, Jammu for further investigations.
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