Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6: In a significant development with regard to mass scale bungling in Rural Development Department Kishtwar and fraudulent withdrawal of CDF released by the PDP MLC and former NC Legislator Dr. Shahnaz Ganie, the government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to handover the investigation of this mega scandal to Crime Branch Jammu following the complaint filed by the whistleblower Ghulam Rasool Magrey and Abdul Wahid Malik, both Resident of Marwah before Advisor K Vijay Kumar during his public meeting at Circuit House Jammu on 31-1-2019.
As per the complaint filed by the whistleblowers, the copy of which is available with ET, in mass scale bungling and embezzlements in RDD Blocks of Marwah, Warwan & Dachhan, funds to the tune of several crores have been withdrawn without execution of works under CDF, MGNREGA, SBM, IHL, 13/14th FC".
They stated that highhandedness of the various employees of the department had deprived the poor job card holders of these areas from their legitimate share under the MGNREGA Act, SMB, IHLs and the share from other government sponsored schemes.
The stated that around 90% works in these three blocks shown executed under the above mentioned schemes never existed on ground and money worth crores of rupees has been withdrawn without execution of the works which include the withdrawal of CDF of PDP MLC and former NC Legislator Dr. Shahnaz Ganie.
"Furthermore material payments on account of MGNREGA have been withdrawn in crores (Approximately 30 Crores) in last few years on the name of around 100 blue eyed persons including political activists, Sarpanchs, relatives of the local RDD employees, wives and children's of the GRS, VLWs, MPWs and BDO concerned thus deprived the poor job card holders of the share which they deserved" they stated.
Following the appeal from the whistleblower, Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar was pleased to issue the direction to his OSD with the direction to handover the case to Crime Branch for investigation. |
