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| 2 JK Minerals officials charge sheeted | | ‘Held guilty of misappropriating Rs. 8 lakhs’ | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 31
State Vigilance Organization produced challan in the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption Jammu against R.K Kharoo, the then Financial Advisor / Chief Accounts Officer and Jagdev Kumar, Senior Accounts Clerk J&K Minerals Ltd. for misappropriation of rupees eight lakhs.
Investigation into a case registered under FIR No. 9/2005 on September 1, 2005 a joint surprise check was conducted of the office of J&K Minerals by the SVO during which the records with regard to disbursement of Government money were scrutinized. It was prima-facie established that the accused officials have misappropriated an amount of Rs.8 lakhs by making false entries in the cash book on three different occasions.
In the course of investigation cashbook for the relevant period, cash vouchers, ledgers, counter foil of cheque books and other relevant records relating to the disbursement were seized and scrutinized. During further scrutiny of the seized papers it was revealed that false and fake entries were made on three dates viz June 1, 1998, July 20, 1998 and March 31, 1999 showing disbursement of Government. money towards the salary of the employees of Precast Concrete Factory (PCF) at Bari Brahmana Jammu, a subsidiary of J&K Minerals Ltd at page 93 of the ledger where under an amount of Rs.3 lakhs was shown to have been debited for payment of salary / wages of PCF under cash voucher No.412. The original voucher No.412 dated June 2, 1998 was actually pertaining to the encashment of a cheque of Rs.50, 000. Similarly on July 20, 1998 another fake disbursement of Rs.6.70 lakhs was found to have been debited by making an entry in the cash book on page No.172 against the payment of salary to the staff of PCF Bari Brahamana for the month of May 1998. The investigations revealed that this voucher was actually passed for Rs.4.70 lakhs only and the accused had dishonestly and fraudulently made an entry of Rs.6.70 lakhs thereby misappropriating Rs.2 lakhs. On Maarch 31, 1999, another false entry of disbursement of Rs.3 lakhs on account of salary to the staff of PCF Bari Brahmana vide voucher No.2478 was made on page No.164 of the ledger. However, the original voucher of the same number pertained to the purchase of stationary items and conveyance expenses amounting to Rs.916 only. The specimen signatures of the accused persons were got compared with those found on these fake entries by the experts of Forensic Science Laboratory where from a positive opinion was received.
In the course of investigation it was established beyond doubt that the two accused officials, by misuse of their official position and acting in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy with each other have misappropriated Rs.8 lakhs of Government money by making false entries in the cashbook thereby causing loss to the PSU.
After accord of sanction for prosecution by the competent authority the challan was produced in the competent court. |
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