| Ex-BDO, 13 others booked for IAY scheme fraud in Budgam | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 1: As many as 14 people, including a former Block Development Officer (BDO), Panchayat Secretary and Inspector Panchayat, were booked in a fraud under Indira Awas Youjana (IAY) scheme in central Kashmir district of Budgam.
An official on Friday said that Crime Branch Kashmir presented a charge sheet against the 14 accused before the court of special judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar.
He said that the accused have been booked for commission of offences punishable U/S 420, 468, 471, 120-B RPC 5(2) PC Act. "The investigation conducted revealed that in the year 2007-08, BDO Khansahab Budgam, has provided financial assistance to as many as 43 beneficiaries under IAY scheme, out of which 11 beneficiaries were found possessing their own houses," he said.
During the investigation, he said it came to fore that the accused Mohammad Sharief Wani the then Panchayat Secretary was in league with accused Abdul Rashid Mir (BDO) and Bashir Ahmed Gazi (Inspector Panchayat).
"Abusing their official position in furtherance of criminal conspiracy, the accused fraudulently resorted to manipulation and falsification of documents and sanctioned an amount of Rs 2,90,000 in favour of the beneficiaries despite having knowledge that the beneficiaries have not constructed any house," he said.
He said the accused conferred undue benefit to themselves and to the beneficiaries against a corresponding loss to the State exchequer to the tune of Rs 2.90 lakh. |
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