Director, State Motor Garages booked in DA case; three houses, office premises raided

By statetimes_editor Last updated Nov 28, 2025

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JAMMU: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday booked a senior government officer and carried out searches at four locations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Houses of Director, State Motor Garages, J&K Malik Tahir Gani at Sanat Nagar & Hyderpora in Srinagar.

“Based on a specific input, a Secret Verification was conducted by ACB into the allegations of possession of huge disproportionate assets by Malik Tahir Gani, son of Abdul Gani Malik, resident of H. No. 185-A, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar at present Q. No.55-C Gandhi Nagar, Jammu presently posted as Director, State Motor Garages, J&K,” the official said.
The verification revealed that the suspect while posted in different places/departments like ARTO Anantnag, Pulwama and Director State Motor Garages J&K has raised huge assets in the shape of plots, houses, shops, shopping complexes, bank accounts etc in his name as well as in the name of his family members/ relatives which were found highly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
On the basis of the verification conducted, a prima facie case of criminal misconduct was found made out against the accused Malik Tahir Gani, Director State Motor Garages, J&K under offences punishable under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13 (2) of PC Act 1988, official said adding that accordingly, a formal case FIR No. 11/2025 was registered at P/S ACB Central for investigation.
During the course of investigation, the official said, search warrants were obtained for conducting searches from the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu.
Thereafter, searches were conducted by the ACB teams at four different locations which includes his residential houses at Sanat Nagar Srinagar, residential house at Hyderpora Srinagar, residential quarter at 55-C Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and official premises at New Plot, Jammu, the official said adding that during the course of search incriminating material was recovered and seized as evidence in the instant case. “Further investigation of the case is going on,” the official said.