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CBI likely to investigate Srinagar DD bungling | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz Srinagar, Sept 20: In order to restore credibility of the Central institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, country's premier investigation agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is being asked by Government of India to conduct a thorough inquiry into the serious charges of irregularities, corruption and misuse of official position against certain officials who remained posted at Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar in the last four years. Highly placed authoritative sources revealed to Early Times that the Government of India had taken a serious note of investigative reports of this newspaper and other media outlets regarding malpractices and financial irregularities, besides charges of corruption and misuse of official position against some officials who remained posted in Srinagar during the last four years. On the basis of this cognizance, CBI was being directed to conduct a thorough investigation into the reported omissions and commissions of these officials. Sources said that not satisfied with the relationship of some former officials of CBI's Srinagar office with two successive heads of DDK Srinagar, the investigation was likely to be assigned to CBI's Jammu office. One of the senior officials of CBI's Srinagar office has been lately removed and placed under suspension. According to these sources, if assigned to CBI, the investigation would remain particularly focused on the alleged frauds committed in the station's daily morning transmission 'Good Morning J&K' and the flagship programmes of Government of India like 'Krishi Darshan' on which DDK Srinagar officials have reportedly drawn huge amounts of money and the total expenditure on each programme has been less than 30% of the approved budget. Sources said that all individual payee's and so-called facility providers of these two programmes would be got identified in view of serious allegations and complaints that most of the payee's were either fictitious persons or relatives, friends, neighbours and acquaintances of the Producer. Sources said that CBI's technical resources could be used whether the programmes contained fresh DVC Pro-50 segments or the old Betacam footage from already paid and already telecast programmes had been fraudulently used and fresh payments drawn against the same. Sources said that in addition to this, CBI could also carry out a detailed investigation as to how a former Director had created huge liability of Rs 37 Cr in just few months before his transfer to Directorate General in the first six months of the year 2011 while approving hundreds of proposals of so-called in-house programmes submitted to him by over a dozen producers. Central Vigilance Cell of Doordrashan is already investigating this scandal and a DDG, namely Dr Rafeeq Masoodi, has been already placed under suspension. An Administrative Officer (AO), who functioned as Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) at DDK Srinagar has also been placed under suspension days before his retirement from service earlier this year. According to these sources, CBI sleuths would also investigate charges that at least two of the senior officials of DDK Srinagar have purchased or built numerous residential houses and commercial properties, both in Jammu and Srinagar, out of the "bribe proceeds" they got from a number of private producers on account of approving their "inhouse" serials in the year 2011. One of these officials has reportedly acquired a prime piece of land behind Humhama Police Station and got a three-storeyed building constructed through one of her subordinates in 2010-12. Same official is also facing charges of misleading the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and getting a 12 episode programme series commissioned in the name of her niece, who happens to be a regular Government employee in J&K State Board of School Education. According to informed sources, MHA funds worth Rs 24 lakh have directly been deposited into the account of the DDK Srinagar official's niece who has been fraudulently shown as "Producer" of the programme series commissioned by MHA through DD Kashir in 2010-11. |
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