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CB, SVO seek permission to prosecute 152 Govt officials in 107 cases of corruption in 3 years Govt sits on certain cases for years 2/17/2014 11:25:06 PM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Feb 17: An insight into the quantum the menace of corruption has assumed in the State of Jammu and Kashmir which has been ranked second most corrupt State in the country after Bihar can be had from the fact that the State Vigilance Organization (SVO) and Crime Branch (CB) have together sought permission from the Government to prosecute 152 Government officers and officials in 107 different cases of graft, misappropriation of funds, disproportionate assets and other similar cases in the last three years. According to the reply filed by the Government in response to the listed question of BJP MLA from Jammu East Ashok Khajuria, the Government has stated that the State Vigilance Organization sought permission to prosecute 134 Government employees of different ranks in 97 cases while Crime Branch sought permission to prosecute 18 officials in 10 cases during the same period. The Government has further stated in its reply that it had accorded sanction to prosecute officials accused in 92 cases, sanction has been pending with the Government in 12 cases. It is interesting to note that in certain cases, registered way back in 2007, the sanction has been accorded after 5-6 years while few cases also registered during the same period have still been pending with the Government. The cases wherein sanction has been accorded promptly include the infamous spurious drugs scam case in which the former Director Health Services Madhu Khullar has been accused along with two others. On the other hand, sanction to prosecute Purshotam Kumar Sharma, a village level worker in the department of RDD in a DA assets case registered by VOJ way back in 2007 has still been pending for sanction to prosecute. Similarly, case registered by CB against Om Prakash, then Patwari in Muthi in 2007 has also been pending for sanction by the Government. Most noticeable, however, is the case registered in 1998 against Ghulam Mohammad Khan then treasury officer Kupwara. The Government referred the case back to Crime Branch seeking certain clarifications in 2007, 9 years after it was registered and the case has been pending for grant of permission to prosecute for the last 16 years.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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