STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: An Executive Engineer of PWD, Assistant Accounts Officer, Proprietor of M/s Shalimar Flooring Pvt. Ltd. Bari-Brahmana Jammu and others have been booked for misappropriation of government funds and making payments for non-existent furnishing items.
The State Vigilance Organisation has registered an FIR on the basis of a verification that the then Executive Engineer R&B Division Bandipora by abuse of his official position during the year 2013-14 despite code of conduct had drawn huge funds from the government treasury for purchase of furnishing items for Mini Secretariat/Guest House Bandipora and for execution of other works.
The officers/officials, Rajinder Kumar Bhatt, the then Executive Engineer, Manzoor Ahmad Malla, the then Assistant Accounts Officer and Nazir-ud-Din Baba Senior Assistant, the then Store Keeper of R&B Division Bandipora under a conspiracy hatched with the supplier Rakesh Bhat Proprietor of M/s Shalimar Flooring Pvt. Ltd. Bari-Brahmana Jammu (SSI Unit) have shown supply/receipt of furnishing items to the quantity of 18,100 Sqft. And 290 Sqmtrs, while as during the verification only 8089.85 Sqft. were found existing on ground thus putting the state exchequer to the loss of Rs. 12,85,399 by way of misappropriation of deficit/non-existent furnishing items. The omissions and commissions on the part of public servants constitute offences punishable under sections 5(1)(c), (d) r/w 5(2) 4-H (Amended) J&K P.C Act Smvt. 2006, 120-B, 167-A, 420-A RPC. In this behalf FIR 15/2016 has been registered and investigation has been set in motion.
