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DC Kishtwar orders probe into misappropriation of election funds 11/19/2019 10:09:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 19: Taking strong note of news item published in 17-10-2019 edition of Early Times, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana today ordered an enquiry into the misappropriation of election funds by Block Development Officer (BDO) Marwah and Warwan wherein the senior officials withdraw lakhs of rupees on account of election expenditure while at the same time the money was not further distributed among the subordinate staff who spent the money out of their own pockets for successful conduct of the Panchayat and Parliamentary election. As per the details available with Early Times, ADDC Kishtwar Mohammad Hanief Malik has been appointed as enquiry officer who has been ask to submit the detail inquiry report within 15 days beside ACD will felicitate the enquiry officer and the BDOs have been asked to provide all the details to the enquiry officer for smooth conduct of the enquiry. It is pertinent to mention that in a well organized loot of public money, the Block Development Officers of Wa ET Impact wan and Marwah blocks with the help of accounts officers manage to withdraw elections expenditures for holding elections on two Panchayats each in Warwan and Marwah blocks held in the year 2018. Following the conclusion of the Panchayat elections, the BDO's of Warwan blocks submitted the bills claiming various election expenditures for making various kinds of arrangements for polling parties that stationed at Marwah and Warwan blocks from 12-11-2018 to 18-11-2018 for four Panchayats and 10 wards in the block. As per the official sources, the bills withdrawn by the BDO Warwan were much more higher than the actual expenditure on the said Panchayat elections/Parliamentary elections. The sources said that similarly lakhs of rupees had been withdrawn by the BDO Marwah for holding Panchayat elections in block Marwah on two Panchayats. The sources said that similar practice was also adopted in some other blocks where money worth lakhs of rupees has been withdrawn on the name of expenditures for conducting Panchayat elections.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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