Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 8: Additional Sessions Judge Anti Corruption, Rajouri Mehmood Chowdhary has framed charge against Romesh Chander, son of Patti Ram of Jawahar Nagar Rajouri, the then JE PWD Sub-Division Sunderbani.
The allegation in the charge sheet are that a secret verification conducted in pursuant to a complaint lodged against Romesh Chander revealed that suspect has acquired huge assets both movable as well as immovable disproportionate to his non source of income by resorting corrupt and illegal practice by abuse and misuse of his official position.
Accordingly, FIR No.40/2018 for offences under J&K Prevention of Corruption Act was registered and investigation commenced.
On the conclusion of investigation, it was established that accused has raised three storey fully furnished house with modern facilities and costly electronic gadgets at Jawhar Nagar Rajouri, one commercial plot at Jawahar Rajouri, land and building at Dhangri, four shops constructed on a piece of land at village Dhangri, land measuring 4 Kanals at Dhangri, two tippers and one luxury car Verna.
It has emerged that accused by taking advantage of his official position is owning a brick kiln at Dhangri besides invested proceeds of his ill gotten money in Vikrant Finance Company Rajouri. The accumulation of property/assets has been raised by the suspect officer either in his own name or in the name of his family members which amounts to criminal misconduct.
After hearing both the sides, the court observed, “the existence of prima-facie evidence proving grounds for presuming that accused has committed the offence as alleged and the material available on record prima-facie established involvement of the accused in the commission of offence”. Accordingly the court framed the charge.
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