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NC MLC among five booked by J&K vigilance organisation
Jammu, Jan 17: Jammu and Kashmir vigilance organisation today registered cases against a National Conference MLC and four government officials including special secretary, civil secretariat, a spokesman said today.
Jammu, Jan 17: Jammu and Kashmir vigilance organisation today registered cases against a National
Conference MLC and four government officials including special secretary, civil secretariat, a spokesman said today.
NC leader M S Gill has been charged with receiving illegal gratification to the tune of Rs 75000 from three unemployed youth promising them government jobs which were never provided, the spokesman told a news agency here. The vigilance organisation has established "misconduct and criminal conspiracy" hatched by special secretary civil secretariat G R Gani as the CEO of J&K Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA), with Altaf Ahmed, assistant director, JAKEDA, and others, and registered a case for further investigation in "smokeless chulla" scam case, he said.
During the course of investigation it was found that science and technology department had stopped the operation of all bank accounts for JAKEDA. But Gani, in conspiracy with Ahmed, allegedly opened a secret bank account and allegedly made payments of lakhs of rupees to 12 NGOs, most of which were fake. A case has been registered against regional transport officer, Udhampur, Z A Samnani for allegedly illegally issuing 540 driving licences and 5354 other types of licences in 1996-97, the spokesman said.
The vigilance also registered cases against former inspector, Jammu Citizen Cooperative Bank, Rajinder Singh, who is currently manager of the bank's Doda branch and Rajinder Singh Jamwal, technician, power development department for allegedly acquiring assets disproportionate to their known source of income.
Bureau Report
NC leader M S Gill has been charged with receiving illegal gratification to the tune of Rs 75000 from three unemployed youth promising them government jobs which were never provided, the spokesman told a news agency here. The vigilance organisation has established "misconduct and criminal conspiracy" hatched by special secretary civil secretariat G R Gani as the CEO of J&K Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA), with Altaf Ahmed, assistant director, JAKEDA, and others, and registered a case for further investigation in "smokeless chulla" scam case, he said.
During the course of investigation it was found that science and technology department had stopped the operation of all bank accounts for JAKEDA. But Gani, in conspiracy with Ahmed, allegedly opened a secret bank account and allegedly made payments of lakhs of rupees to 12 NGOs, most of which were fake. A case has been registered against regional transport officer, Udhampur, Z A Samnani for allegedly illegally issuing 540 driving licences and 5354 other types of licences in 1996-97, the spokesman said.
The vigilance also registered cases against former inspector, Jammu Citizen Cooperative Bank, Rajinder Singh, who is currently manager of the bank's Doda branch and Rajinder Singh Jamwal, technician, power development department for allegedly acquiring assets disproportionate to their known source of income.
Bureau Report