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Probe into Super Gas Company fraud in final stage
Prop, 10 ors booked for criminal conspiracy, cheating
11/25/2015 12:33:13 AM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: The Crime Branch of police on Tuesday said its probe in the criminal conspiracy case against the proprietor of Super Gas Company and 10 others for cheating the HPCL, a Government of India undertaking, is in its final stage and the report will be released soon.
A top officer of the Crime Branch told Early Times, "I can tell you with full responsibility that within a short period of time we will complete the probe."
According to the officer, it had been alleged that Hemanat Kumar Batra, proprietor of M/s Super Gas Service, Durganag, Dalgate was allotted a LPG distribution by HPCL. "The said gas agency had authorized Abdul Reham Nath, manager, to manage all the work and to supervise the affairs of Super Gas Service. However, Nath opened a fresh CD-Account No. CD-316 in the name of M/s Super Gas Service at JK Bank SSI branch Lal Chowk, Srinagar showing himself as its proprietor," he said.
He said that subsequently on 23.03. 2004, Nath executed and registered a partnership deed between him and Showkat Amin son of Mohammad Amin resident of Baghat, Barzulla and Mohammad Latif Rather son of Gh Rasool Rather resident of Sonwar Srinagar at Sub Registrar, Srinagar. "As per the said partnership deed Showkat Amin paid Rs. 22.48 lakh and Mohammad Latif Rather paid Rs. 323.50 lakh to Hemant Kumar Batra through Abdul Rehman Nath".
The official said that Nath had already paid Rs. 14.02 lakh to Batra on 15.07 .2001, which clearly shows that Batra in connivance with Nath had unauthorizedly sold out the said LPG distributorship to Nath, Showkat Amin and Mohammad Latif Rather in violation of contract agreement with HPCL.
He said that all these persons entered into criminal conspiracy, the object of which was to do illegal things by illegal means and therefore cause wrongful gains to themselves.
"The accused persons cheated HPCL, a Government of India undertaking, by dishonestly verifying Know Your Customer (KYC) and Subscription Vouchers (SVs) in the name of fake, fictitious and non existing customers, regularized the same showing the refilling of gas cylinders on subsidized rates and sold the same in the open market on non-subsidized rates," he said.
He said that it has been further alleged that Nath in connivance with other accused issued fake SVs in respect of various fake and non-existing consumers to perceive their existence on ground and got issued two cylinders to each fake and non-existing consumers, which was facilitated by Ajaz Ahmad Kachroo, the then sales Officer, HPCL Pampore, who in violation of HPCL key Indicators , did not conduct periodic consumer survey of these fake and fictitious consumers.
He said that Nath used to raise indents at HPCL Plant Pampore to obtain refill gas cylinders for sale among the agency's enlisted consumers against the payment made through DD from his aforesaid CD account, on subsidized rates and those in open market on non subsidized rates.
The official further revealed that in the year 2006, Nath, Showkat Amin and Mohammad Latif Rather further sold out M/s Super Gas Service to Tanveer Ahmad Wani, S/O Bashir Ahmad Wani R/O Kadi Kadal, Srinagar. A MoU was executed between Hemant Kumar Batra and Tanvir Ahmad Wani on 07.02. 2006. Thereafter Tanvir Ahmad showed himself as proprietor.
As per the record of M/s Super Gas Services, Tanvir Ahmad Wani in connivance with Haroon Hamid Kar and Ajaz Ahmad Kachroo, raised indents at HPCL plant Pampore to obtain refill cylinders in favour of fake and non existing consumers on subsidized rates and sold the same on no- subsidized rates in open market, causing thereby a wrongful recurring loss to the HPCL.
Tanvir Ahmad Wani further sold Super Gas Service to Showkat Hussain and Niyaz Ahmad Khan adopting the same modus operandi.
The story does not end here. In 2011 Showkat Hussain and Niyaz Ahmad Khan further sold out Super Gas Service to Owais Ahmad Mir S/O Shafiq Ahmad Mir, R/O Buchpora Srinagar.
As many as 145 empty cylinders were got issued in favour of 69 fake consumers against the security deposit of Rs. 1450/per cylinder which were sold out in open market at the rate of Rs 2500 per cylinder, causing thereby a wrongful loss amounting to Rs 152250.
"Similarly during the year 2012 to 2014, 833 refill cylinders on subsidized rates were shown issued against fake consumers at the rate of Rs 435 which were sold in open market on subsidized rates@ Rs 805.50/- causing thereby a wrongful recurring loss amounting to Rs 308210 to HPCL. Thus, the wrongful acts of accused public servants and private persons caused a wrongful loss amounting to Rs 460460 to the Government exchequer," the official said.
He said the acts of accused and other unknown persons constitute the commission of offences which is punishable u/s 120-Br/w, 420,468,471 of RPC and section 5(2)r/w 5(1)(D) of JKPC Act Samvat 2006.
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