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| JCB officials booked in misappropriation case | | Incriminating documents/records seized; investigation in progress | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 5
State Vigilance Organization has registered a case under the relevant provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act against the officials of Jammu Central Co-operative Bank and an Insurance Company for misappropriation of loan and subsidy sanctioned under Swaranjyanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) in Poonch. Some incriminating documents/ records have been seized from the local branch and further investigation is in progress.
On receipt of this information, verification was conducted into the allegation of misappropriation of loan-cum-subsidy amount sanctioned under Swaranjyanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna for Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS), Nangali, Poonch which revealed that H.L Bhagat, District Manager, B.D Thakur, Zafferullah Khan and Farzand Ali Mir, all Manger loans, JCC Bank Branch, Poonch, Mohammed- Din, Secretary MPCS, Nangali Poonch, and Ali Mohammed s/o Mohamda r/o Seri Khwaja, Poonch (Seller) have entered into criminal conspiracy to misappropriate the loan-cum-subsidy, in respect of loans sanctioned under SGSY scheme to the members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, BPL and other weaker sections of the society in the year 2006-2007.
The verification has further revealed that these officials have resorted to manipulation of records for drawl of public money falsely shown to have been disbursed among the beneficiaries for the income generating units which were found to be non-existent. The items shown to have been purchased against loan have not been received by the beneficiaries. In the cases of Mohammed Kabir s/o Ghulam Hussain and Mohammed Yaqub s/o Mohammed Akbar, residents of village Dingla, Poonch, it has been found that in the year 2004-2005 they had approached the then BDO, Poonch seeking sanction/release of loan-cum-subsidy under SGSY for an amount of Rs.60, 000 each (loan of Rs.50, 000 and subsidy of Rs.10, 000) for starting retail trade. Finding them eligible, the BDO forwarded their cases to JCC Bank, Branch Poonch for disbursement of loan-cum-subsidy amount. The officials of the Bank, acting in furtherance of conspiracy with Secretary MPCS Nangali, Poonch Mohammed-Din and the supplier Ali Mohammed have drawn an amount of Rs.1.20 lakhs on fake documents from the bank and subsequently misappropriated it.
The verification has also revealed that similar modus-operandi was adopted by the accused officials and their private accomplices in other loan-cum-subsidy cases so as to misappropriate the Government money.
These officials were also found to have indulged in manipulation of records in crop loan cases of various beneficiaries for MPCS, Nangali Poonch in the year 2007 and issued 26 cheques to the tune of Rs.3.68 lakhs for its drawl and subsequent misappropriation. Some persons in whose name these cheques were issued were non-existent.
After registration of the case FIR No. 7/2008 P/S VOJ U/S 5(2), 5(1) (c) J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006 r/w 120-B, 409, 468, 471 RPC against all the accused, the investigation has been taken up. The investigation team have proceeded to Poonch and seized some incriminating documents/ records from the local branch of the bank. Further investigation in the case is in progress, the reports said. |
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