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| Court issues non-bailable warrants Ajit Kumar then Addl CS | | Jute Matting Scam | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 1: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu today issued non-bailable warrants against Ajit Kumar IAS then Additional Chief Secretary Education Dept J&K in much hyped jute scam.
While issuing non-bailable warrants against Ajit Kumar IAS then Additional Chief Secretary Education Dept J&K, Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Pawan Dev Kotwal also directed office to issue fresh non-bailable warrants and proceedings u/s 514 CrPC being also initiated against Surety and Separate ROBKAR framed against Abdul Rehman Prop M/S Commercial Corporation Srinagar.
Accused Ghulam Rasool Vakil @ Lassa Vakil who was already exempted and his counsel on his behalf of Ghulam Rasool Vakil and these warrants have been issued for procuring the presence of the accused persons in the Court in much publicized Jute Matting Scam.
According to the Case that on preliminary enquiry Vigilance Organization registered FIR No 69/1999 that large scale bunglings have been committed by the members of State Level Purchase Committee of Education department in purchase of jute matting during the year 1997-98. The investigations conducted have revealed that the accused involved in the case have caused huge loss to the state exchequer on account of purchase of jute matting on highly exorbitant rates. To facilitate the purchase of jute matting on exorbitant rates, out of the 9 tenders received, 6 tenders were rejected on a non-existing stipulation that purchase of only Birla Make jute matting will be made. Out of the remaining three tenderers, the lowest offer was not considered and rates were negotiated with the 2nd lowest tenderer and supply order was ultimately placed @ Rs.55.50 per meter with supplier M/s Commercial Corporation. The investigation also revealed that Ajit Kumar, IAS, forced the supplier to take G.R Vakil @ Lassa Vakil as partner in this deal.
The said agent was found to have received an illegal and undue benefit of Rs.14.00 lacs in this deal from the supplier. In this deal a loss of over Rs.57.00 lacs was caused to the state exchequer.
On January 1, 2008 Vigilance Organziation presented challan against Former Financial Commissioner Ajit Kumar, former FA&CAO Education department. Janak Singh, Ab Rehman Bhat prop. M/S Commercial Corporation Srinagar and Gh Rasool Vakil @ Lassa Vakil, a middleman for causing loss of over Rs.57 lakhs to the state exchquer.
--- (JNF)
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