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| SVO sends fact finding report on multi crore rulral electrification scam to Government | | | Srinagar, Nov 9
The State Vigilance Organisation has sent fact finding report of much publicized rural electrification scam worth Rs1.60 crores to the State Government. The Vigiliance has also forwarded a report on accumulation of huge assets worth crores of rupees by ten State Government officials including a former Chief Engineer, seven Executive Engineers , one Assistant Engineer and a Range Officer.
The report on rural electrification scam, according to reports, indicates the huge misappropriation of Rs 1.60 crores in the implementation of rural electrification scam in Baramulla and Anantnag districts. The State Government has released Rs 2 crores for electrification of panchayat ghars of both the districts, but vigilance reports has indicated the utlisation of a very small amount of Rs 40 lakhs by authorities during the electrification of panchayat ghars. The State Vigilance Organisation has indicted former Director Rural development (Kashmir), one Executive Engineers and some Block Development Officers in its report and full evidence about the involvement of accused officers has been put on record in the report.
The State Vigilance Organisation has also completed investigation of some more multi-crore scams during which residential houses of some top Government officials were raided and incriminating documents were seized. One former Executive Engineer of Jammu Municipal Corporation, according to Vigilance report, has accumulated assets worth rs80 lakhs, while as a Girdawar of Udhampur Purshotam Kumar has accumulated assets valuing Rs one crores .
Similarly Executive Enginneer Housing Board Srinagar Mohd Ramzan Nadaf, former Executive Engineer Kiran Watal, Executive Engineer Jammu Ashwani Kumar, Range Officer Mukhtar Ahmed, Mechanical Engineer Ab Rashid Dar, former Executive Engineer R&B Division Khanabal, Executive Engineer Bijbehara ab Hamaid Shawl and former Chief Engineer Shamas-ud-Din Koka have accumulated assets valuing Rs 1.39 crores, one crore, 50 lakhs,one crore, few lakhs of rupees,35 lakhs, Rs 3 crores and few crores respectively. The investigation of all these cases has been completed and challans are likely to be produced before the court of law very shortly.
Meanwhile Commissioner State Vigilance Organisation Ashok Bhan said that efforts are on to identify the brokers who were collecting the money for tainted Government officials. He also disclosed that bribe taking now takes place outside Government offices to avoid vigilance raids.
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