Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 25: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Mohan Singh Parihar has framed corruption charges against Nazir Ahmed, OSD to Chief Engineer and driver Raju in a trap case.
According to the ACB case, FIR was registered on the written complaint lodged by Suresh Kumar Gupta of Reasi, who is working as a contractor in PWD (R&B) Deptt under Self Help Group M/s Guru Nanak Builders Jammu. An amount of Rs 32.12 lakh was pending for payment by the PWD Deptt to him for work executed on Reasi-Angi Road.
For release of the payment, he approached Chief Engineer Office PWD (R&B) Jammu a number of times where the accused Nazir Ahmed, OSD to Chief Engineer Nasir Goni, demanded bribe of Rs 70,000 for release of Rs 10 lakh for pending funds.
On his complaint, Anti-Corruption Bureau Jammu laid a trap and OSD Nazir Ahmed was caught red handed while demanding and accepting Rs 70,000. Accused Raju Singh, then driver PWD (R&B) Chief Engineer Office Jammu had abetted the demand of bribe and accepted the same from complainant Suresh Kumar Gupta on the direction of accused Nazir Ahmed.
After hearing APP Irshad Ahmed for the ACB, the court observed, “the allegations made in the charge sheet regarding the commission of the alleged offence have to be proved during the trial by adducing the evidence. The perusal of the charge sheet show that there is material on the record to proceed against the accused”.
“The submissions made by counsel for the accused for the discharge of the accused are not acceptable under law as on the basis of the material on the record, prima facie the offence alleged are disclosed against both the accused and from the perusal of the charge sheet and the documents submitted there-with and on considering the oral submissions made by both sides, it transpires that prima facie, offences under Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(d), 4-A, PC Act Svt. 2006 are made out against the accused”, the court said.
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