Dealing Assistant, migrant relief holder in Vigilance net

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 28: Vigilance organization Jammu has registered a case against Opinder Raina Dealing Assistant Relief Organization Jammu and Satish Kumar Mujoo , S/o Late Nand Lal Mujjoo of H No 52, Subash Nagar Jammu for causing wrongful loss of Rs 11 lakh to the State Exchequer.
A handout issued by SVO Jammu here today said that, prima-facie, it was found that officers/officials of the Relief & Rehabilitation Organization Jammu including Opinder Raina, dealing Assistant in connivance with the accused beneficiary namely Satish Kumar Mujoo S/o Late Nand Lal Mujoo R/o H. No 52, Subash Nagar, Jammu in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy hatched between them caused wrongful loss of Rs. 11 lakh to the state exchequer and corresponding wrongful gain to the accused beneficiary.
It said during preliminary enquiry conducted by Vigilance Organization into the allegation it was established that Satish Kumar Mujoo was drawing relief fraudulently since 1990 in connivance with some officers/officials of the Relief & Rehabilitation Organization, Jammu.
It said the preliminary enquiry conducted further reveals that Mujoo submitted the Migrant Declaration Form in 1990 stating therein that his wife and two daughters are dependent on him whereas the accused has indeed married in the year 1992 and has only one daughter. He further fraudulently updated his family detail in 1997, submitted migrant data form in 2009 and revised data form for revalidation in 2011, all without any change in the strength of the family. Simultaneously, he also possessed the local ration card of Jammu city being a resident of H. No. 52, Subash Nagar, Jammu.
It said in between the accused in league with the officers/officials being custodian of the records forged the record by tampering/overwriting and got changed the name of his wife and daughter in the records. In order to continue the undue benefit to the accused beneficiary, the concerned officers/officials never conducted any verification in respect of the beneficiary. The officers/officials of Relief & Rehabilitation Department instead of taking action against the beneficiary hatched a criminal conspiracy with the beneficiary for their pecuniary benefits, caused the wrongful loss of Rs. 11 lakh to the State exchequer and corresponding wrongful gain to the beneficiary.
As such, a case FIR No. 17/2017 P/S VOJ has been registered in Vigilance Organization, Jammu against the duo.