Early Times Report
Jammu, May 25: A case under relevant sections was registered in P/S VOJ against the officers / officials of CA&PD department namely Krishan Lal, T.R Padha, Subash Chander Gupta, Bansi Lal and Gopal Krishan on the basis of a verification conducted with regard to the allegations of misappropriation of Rs.1,46,99,793/- by Bansi Lal then TSO Majouri and Rs. 1,12,76,004/- by his successor namely Subash Chander Gupta drawn from the office of Assistant Director CA&PD Department Udhampur.
Verification revealed that during the period commencing from January 2007 to February 2009 the then Assistant Directors CAPD Department Udhampur namely Krishan Lal, T.R Padha and storekeeper namely Gopal Krishan have drawn an amount of Rupees 1,12,76,004/- through cheque as advance freight charges for TSO Majouri. During the course of verification, it has been found that they hatched a conspiracy among themselves which was carried on by the successors who prepared forged cash books and have shown disbursement of Rs. 92,51,021.75/- on account of freight charges among the various ration dealers of Tehsil Majouri, however, the ration dealers during verification refused to have received such amount.
By acting in this manner the above mentioned officers / officials of CA&PD department, by abuse of their official positions, fraudulently and dishonestly misappropriated Govt. money to the tune of Rs. 92,51,021.75/- during the period commencing from January 2007 to March 2008 thereby causing huge loss to the state exchequer. Verification also revealed that in order to hide this act of criminality the above mentioned officers / officials have deliberately destroyed the record pertaining to disbursement of above mentioned amount which could have served as material evidence. Investigation of the case has been taken up. |
