Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 28: J&K Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday has produced chargesheet against three General Managers of District Industries Centre (DIC) and ten others in misappropriation of transport subsidy in frontier Kupwara District.
In a statement, the ACB produced chargesheet against the accused public servants identified as Abdul Hamid Bhat, Fayaz Ahmed Shafie, Mohammadd Ashraf Janwari the then General Managers of DIC Kupwara, and Masood Karim the then Manager Development DIC Kupwara, Abdul Gani Kirmani Industrial Promotion Officer (IPO) DIC Kupwara, Abdul Ahad Khan (expired) IPO DIC Kupwara, Ghulam Nabi Mir the then Block Investigator DIC Kupwara, Zahoor Ahmad Shah the then Manager Accounts J&K Bank Barzulla Branch Srinagar and) Aijaz Ahmad Kitab the then Manager Accounts J&K Bank Solina Branch Srinagar, Feroz Ahmed Lone, Abdul Karim Lone (expired), Mohammad Maqbool Unit Holders and private person Abdul Quyoom Lone (expired) in the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption, Baramulla.
The Case was registered on the outcome of the verification conducted by the then Vigilance Organization Kashmir into the allegations pertaining to misappropriation of transport subsidy by the officials of District Industrial Centre Kupwara in league with the Small Scale Industries (SSI) unit holders.
Pursuant to the conspiracy that was hatched the DIC officials had issued factually incorrect verification and consumption certificates to facilitate the fraudulent withdrawal of transport subsidy by the unit holders amounting to lakhs of rupees.
The investigation conducted by the ACB has revealed that the DIC officials of Kupwara had processed the transport subsidy claims of the unit holders in 1996-97 based upon the fake documents submitted by them and had then put up the same through an Agenda Note to the Directorate of Industries and Commerce before the State Level Committee for sanction of the claims.
However, investigation has revealed that no proper verification has been carried out regarding the veracity of the Subsidy claims of the unit holders by the then officials of DIC Kupwara while processing the claims.
On the strength of facts and circumstances together with cogent evidence brought on record, the investigation has established commission of offence has proved against the accused public servants, the charge sheet of the case was produced before the Court of Special Judge ACB on April 27, 2022 for Judicial determination.
The next date of hearing has been fixed on June 20, 2022. |
