Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18 (JNF): Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Puneet Gupta today rejected the pre-arrest bail application of Sunil Gupta then
Executive Engineer R&B Special Division Mahore who was allegedly booked by the Vigilance Organization in Rs.2,53,87,520/- alleged scam.
After hearing CPO Vigilance Harminder Singh for the State who opposed the pre-arrest bail application of Sunil Gupta, Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Puneet Gupta observed that the allegations leveled against the accused assume serious proportion and it cannot be said that the custodial interrogation may not be required for the same. Court further observed that the menace of corrupt practices has assumed alarming proportion in the society and is required to be dealt with firmly thus court dismissed the pre-arrest bail of Sunil Gupta .
According to the case, FIR No.17/2013 under section 5(1) (d) r/w 5 (2) P.C. Act 2006, 120-B RPC was registered in P/S VOJ against Sunil Gupta, the then Executive Engineer, (R&B) Special Sub-division, Mahore and others on the basis of a verification conducted by Vigilance.
The verification found that the Ex.Engineer R&B special sub-division, Mahore had abused his official position and allotted the 162 works to his blue-eyed contractors under the garb of departmental execution.
The verification has further found that the works amounting to approximately Rs 2.53 Crores were got executed departmentally by Ex.Engineer, R&B special sub division, Mahore by deliberately fragmenting them in parts so as to bring them within financial competence.
Further accused has releaseds payments worth Rs.2,53,87,520/- have been released without deducting service tax amounting to Rs.26,65,689/- from the bills of regular contractors who executed these works. |
