Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Anti-Corruption Bureau today produced chargesheet against the then Executive Engineer R&B Division Kupwara and eight others for criminal misconduct.
Charge sheet in case FIR No. 04/2017 of PS VOK (now ACB) against Mohammad Sultan Sheikh (then Executive Engineer R&B Division Kupwara) and office staff namely Abdul Gani Bhat (then Head Draftsman), Mohammad Anwar Untoo (then Draftsman), Mohammad Maqbool Dar (then Draftsman), Noor Mohammad Ganie (then Camp Clerk), Ghulam Rasool Dar (then Store Keeper) and Contractors Mohammad Yaseen, Mohammad Yousuf Mir & Shabir Ahmad Mir, was produced in the Anti Corruption Court, Baramulla.
Investigation of the case has established that the accused public servants in league with the Contractor purchased Crate Mesh from the Contractor without tendering and manipulated dasti quotations on highly exorbitant rates, which caused loss of Rs 3,30,752 to the State exchequer.
They also procured Sign Boards from accused contractors on manipulated dasti quotations on highly exorbitant rates and thereby caused loss of Rs 1,41,360 to the State Exchequer. By doing so, accused public servants abused their official positions to confer pecuniary advantage to the accused Contractors with corresponding loss to the State Exchequer. This constitutes an offence of criminal misconduct under section 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy Under Section 120-B RPC.
The court has fixed next date of hearing on 03.09.2021.
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