Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: Vigilance Organization Jammu booked then Programme Officer, ICDS Project Kathua and 7 CDPOs for causing huge loss to the State exchequer by purchasing nutrition/non-nutrition items.
According to official spokesman, during joint surprise check conducted by the Poonch-Rajouri-Kathua wing of Vigilance Organization into the allegations of irregularities for purchase of nutrition/ non-nutrition items in the Integrated Child Development Services Project Kathua, it has been established that during the year 2014-15, Ravinder Nath Sadhu, then District Programme Officer, ICDS Project Kathua in connivance with CDPOs of ICDS Project District Kathua namely Sushma Gupta, Mukhtiyar Ahmed, Syeeda Parveen, Kulraj Singh, Neelam Bala, Rajeev Kumar and Satish Sharma under a well planned criminal conspiracy had purchased the nutrition/non nutrition items under ICDS Project for distribution to various Anganwari Centres of Kathua District.
During checking, it was found that the excess supply orders for purchase of nutrition items were placed against the actual requirement for ulterior motive in order to give undue favour to the supplier firms.
On the other hand, in view of escalation of market rate of some items, PO, ICDS Project placed supply orders of less quantity against the actual requirement, the spokesman added.
Moreover, the items which were supplied were sub-standard and no penal proceedings initiated against supplier firms in order to confer undue benefits to the supplier firm thereby causing huge loss to the Government exchequer, he said, adding that the aforesaid public servants in connivance with supplier firms and others with criminal intentions purchased non-nutritional items at their own level without adopting any codal formalities, beyond their competence and in violation to Government orders and directions issued from time to time thereby misappropriating and causing huge loss to the State exchequer meant for the weaker sections of the society.
On the prima facie establishment of offences against accused public servants, a case under FIR Number 26/16 under Section 5(2) PC Act 2006 r/w Section 120-B, 420-A, 467, 468 and 471 RPC has been registered in Vigilance Organization, Jammu.
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