| CB produces challan against 14 officials of Relief Org, JK Bank, beneficiaries | | Fraudulent issuance of Migrants Ration cards case | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 24: While probing the fraudulent issuance of 2000 Migrants Ration cards, the Crime Branch, Jammu today produced challan against fourteen persons out of which three have died and includes officials of Relief Organisation, J&K Bank and private persons for allegedly crediting a total of Rs.51,85,000/- fraudulantly
According to spokesperson of Crime Branch, on the basis of a written complaint lodged by Rattan Singh Charak S/o Mangu Charak R/o Channi Himmat, Jammu alleging therein that Vijay Kumar S/o Dhuni Chand in connivance with Kashmiri Lal Pandit, Relief Officer prepared about two thousand fraudulent Ration cards of Kashmiri pandits and sikh migrants and the amount of the relief is deposited in account Nos. 2392 & 2464 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Mandi Complex Jammu and A/c No.5500 of J&K Bank Branch Ware House Jammu and the amount so deposited is distributed among themselves and Yashpal Khajuria fraudulently.
"A case under FIR No 20/1993 u/s 420, 467, 468, 471,120-B RPC, r/w 5(2) PC Act P/S Crime Branch, Jammu was registered accordingly and investigations were taken up, he said. Spokesperson said that during the course of investigation, relevant records were seized from Relief office Zone No.12 Channi Himmat, Jammu and also some cheques, ledger sheets etc were seized from J&K Bank branch Fruit Mandi complex Jammu and Nehru market Jammu whereas 150 D-Forms of different Kashmiri/Sikh migrants were also seized and same were sent to FSL for expert opinion.
He said the investigation conducted revealed Relief Zone- 12 Channi Himmat Jammu issued Relief cheques in favour of different Kashmiri migrants and bank authorities and other beneficiaries hatched a criminal conspiracy with the intention to cause huge loss to the state exchequer. He said that Mohd Hussain (05125) s/o Hassan Din of Chowadi Jammu, Madhu Sudhan Sharma (05924) s/o Niwas Sharma of Swastik Vihar Trikuta Nagar Ext. Jammu(now expired), Mohd Sohaib Sadiquee (05971) s/o Sheikh Hamza Ali of Rly. Colony Jammu, Noor Hussain (06195) s/o Pura Din of Chowadi Jammu, Rajesh Gupta (06999) s/o Kasturi Lal Gupta of Gandhi Nagar Jammu, Fareed Ahmed (08286) s/o Ghulam Mohd of Assarabad Sidhra Jammu and Sunil Kumar (10242) s/o Bansi Lal of Gandu ki Chawni Jammu who passed order cheques on forged endorsement and afforded credit into account Nos. SB-2392, SB-2464, SB-5500 and SB-2552 made cash payments of account payees cheques, authorized opening series of bogus accounts, passed and made cash payments of order cheques meant for different beneficiaries on forged signatures to one person.
"In this way the bank official credited the amount in account numbers of Anil Kumar @ Harish Chopra A/c No. 2464 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Mandi Complex Jammu w.e.f 31/7/91 to 28/8/91 got Rs 295,400; Vijay Kumar A/c No.2392 J&K Branch Fruit complex Jammu w.e.f 26/12/91 to 19/3/92 received Rs 25,89,300 and Yashpal Sharma A/c No.2552 of J&K Bank Branch Fruit Complex Jammu w.e.f 24/9/91 to 19/3/92 received Rs 20,40,800/- whereas other A/c No.5500 J&K Bank Branch Nehru Market Jammu w.e.f 26/12/91 to 1/10/92 got Rs 1,65,900/- and also made cash payment of Rs.93,600/- and thus making a total of Rs.51,85,000/- payable to different beneficiaries withdrew the credited amounts with criminal intention/conspiracy and distributed the amount amongst themselves, he added.
Meantime SSP Crime Branch Jammu Mubassir Latifi said that this was one of the oldest case under investigation with Crime Branch Jammu. He said that the offences u/s 420, 467, 468, 471,120-B RPC, r/w 5(2) PC Act were established against the above mentioned 14 accused persons and chargesheet was presented in the Court of Ld. Special Judge Anti Corruption Jammu. |
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