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VOJ presents challan against Project Manager, others 5/22/2018 11:06:21 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 22: Vigilance Organization Jammu today presented the challan against Vinod Koul, then Project Manager, Export Oriented Handloom Development Corporation Project, Samba, Daleep Kumar Thaploo, I/c Processing EOHDP, Raj Kumar Padha, then Accountant EOHDP, Madan Lal then Storekeeper and Raman Pargal, Prop. M/s Laxmi General Store, Samba in the court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Jammu for judicial determination. The statement issued reads that an enquiry was conducted by the Vigilance Organization into the irregularities of auctioning of scrap by Handloom Development Corporation Project, Samba wherein it surfaced that tenders were called by the accused for the auction of the scrap on "as is where is basis" which was lying in the premises of Export Oriented Handloom Development Corporation Project, Samba (EOHDP) and thereafter, on opening the tenders, tenders of two bidders were rejected on the ground that they had quoted the rates for the lots of scrap. However, the accused decided to auction the scrap by weight and not through lots and allotted the contract to M/s Laxmi General Store, Samba in sheer abuse of the official position and in connivance with the beneficiary causing loss to the tune of Rs. 7,23,534/- to the corporation. "As the aforesaid commissions/omissions on the part of accused persons, prima facie, disclosed commission of offences punishable u/s 5(1) (d) r/w 5(2) J&K PC Act 2006 BK and 120-B RPC, accordingly, case FIR No . 22/2014 was registered at P/S VOJ and investigation was taken up", it added. During the course of investigation, it was established that the accused persons by abuse of their official position and in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy with each other for giving pecuniary benefits to the beneficiary Raman Pargal Proprietor M/S Laxmi General Store Samba, have caused loss to the tune of Rs. 1,34,379/- to the exchequer of the Corporation. As such, offences punishable u/s 5(1) (d) r/w Sec. 5(2) J&K P.C Act Svt. 2006 and section 120-B RPC were substantiated against the accused persons and the challan was presented before the court.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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