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SVO probing corruption cases against 151 officers in J&K
3/17/2012 12:17:04 PM


JAMMU, Mar 16: The charges against the official involvements of misuse of official position growing as the state is witnessing rampant corruption which includes atleast 151 corruption cases under investigation with State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) against retired as well as serving officials including cases against the then Director CA&PD Kashmir, Jt Director CA&PD Kashmir , the then Municipal Commissioner, Jammu Mubarak Singh and etc.

As per the official records there are 151 corruption cases presently under investigation with State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) against retired as well as serving officials. And the Accountability Commission does not possess the jurisdiction to receive complaints against the officials in view of the amendment made to the J&K Accountability Act, 2002 vide amendment Act-II of 2011.

“The number of officials involved in the corruption charges includes from Anganwari workers up to Divisional Commissioner, in which more of them are directors, Chief Engineers, Managing Directors, Divisional Managers and a long list of senior Rural development, revenue , Industries, Education, Horticulture, health and police department officers, sources said.

They said that charges against the officials involvements of misuse of official position to red handed arrests while accepting bribe, illegal appointments, purchase of things on high rates, besides various cases.

Records stated that a case was registered in July 2010 against than Director CA&PD Kashmir Abdul Majid Mir and Joint Director CA&PD Kashmir Abdul Hamid in alleged misappropriation of food grains is also pending with VO.

According to officials statistics there are about half a dozen Directors against whom cases are pending, the latest in the series is then director CA&PD Jammu Hemant Kumar and Joint Director CA&PD Kashmir, Muhammad Ashraf Wani, who was caught red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10, 000 on the complaint of an aggrieved person.

The records also show pending cases against as many as four chief engineers, two Superintendent engineers, besides five Managing Directors, three Divisional Managers and four general Mangers of various corporations.

Recently the State Vigilance Organisation has also registered a case against Mubarak Singh, the than Municipal Commissioner, Jammu and others for illegally granting a building permission.
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