Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed Senior Superintendent of Police Vigilance Organization Kashmir (VOK) to file affidavit indicating the steps taken to carry out further investigation as per the directions of the trial court in the bribery allegations leveled by former MLA against Minister Peerzada Sayeed.
Justice A M Magray today directed the SSP VOK to file personal affidavit indicating the steps taken to carry out further investigation in the bribery allegations, leveled by former MLA Shoib Lone, against the then Education Minister, Peerzada Sayeed and his wife. Lone had alleged that Peerzada’s wife demanded Rs 40, 000 from him for clearing a file.
The trail court had asked SSP VOK to get the investigation, against Peerzada in bribery case, carried by an officer of impeccable integrity and process of further investigation be monitored by the SSP himself.
Before ordering the further investigation to be completed in three months, the trial court had declined to accept a charge sheet filed by VOK against Altaf Ahmad Norrani, driver of Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed.
The State Government challenged the trail court order and sought criminal revision of the trial court order in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
The trial court in its order had said that the investigations into the bribery case against Peerzada was not conducted fairly by the investigating agency and the guilty were being shielded.
The investigation officer has put it on record that he has found that Peerzada’s wife had demanded Rs 40, 000 as bribe from Lone for clearing a file.
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