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KISHTWAR: J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau registered FIR (01/2024) under section 5(1)(c),5(1)(d) r/w section 5(2) of JK PC Act Svt. 2006 and section 120-B RPC at P/S ACB Doda against officers/officials of Rural Development Department Block Dachhan, District Kishtwar namely Parveen Sharma son of Lt. Sain Dass, resident of H.No 5-B Lane No 12 Greater Kailash Jammu the then BDO Block Dachhan, Mohd Abass son of Ghulam Mohd Wani, resident of Sounder Dachhan then VLW Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur, Mohd Hussain, son of Sadullah Akhoon, resident of Sounder Tehsil Dachhan the then VLW Loharna-B, Munshi Ram, son of Mangat Ram, resident of Janakpur Tehsil Dachhan the then VLW Panchayat Janakpur, Ranjeet Raina, son of Bal Krishan resident of Janakpur Tehsil Dachhan the then GRS Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur, Daleep Kumar, son of Bal Krishan resident of Panjdhara Dachhan the then GRS Panchayat Loharna-B, Asif Hussain, son of Lal Din, resident of Tachhana, Sarpanch Panchayat Janakpur and others on the basis of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) conducted into allegations that Asif Hussain, Sarpanch Janakpur in connivance with the officers/officials of Rural Development Department Dachhan.
The verification conducted reveals that the officers/officials of Rural Development Department Dachhan under will-knit conspiracy with each other and beneficiaries, dishonestly and fraudulently abused their official positions to misappropriate amount of ?30,25,264 for 20 randomly selected different works of Panchayat Loharna-B and Janakpur meant for execution of works under different schemes of Rural Development Department in Panchayts Loharna-B and Janakpur on account of payments for the material supplied with consequent loss to the state exchequer.
During the course of investigation house search of accused public servant namely Parveen Sharma, the then BDO Dachhan situated at H.No 5-B, Lane No.12 Greater Kailash Jammu has also been conducted. Further investigation in the case is in progress.