STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has registered an FIR against several officers and officials of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Srinagar and Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department for favouring a local trader to convert his residential house into a commercial hub at Nawab Bazar Srinagar.
The SVO has registered a case against the then Chief Enforcement Officer SMC Nisar Ahmad Shah, the then ward Officer Nawab Bazar Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Sheikh Javaid Ahmad, Assistant Executive Engineer R&B Sub Division Syed Mansoor Sahib Srinagar, Zahoor Ahmad, resident of Bemina and others.
According to FIR, Zahoor Ahmad, resident of Bemina under the patronage of officers/officials of SMC has started a construction on a piece of land at Nawab Bazar Srinagar acquired by R&B Circular Road Project in 1992 and it was also alleged that the accused has converted his residential house into a commercial hub.
FIR 04/16 under sections 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) J&K P.C. Act and 120-B, and 188 RPC has been registered against officers/officials of SMC Srinagar and R&B Department following a Joint Surprise Check conducted by a vigilance team which had revealed that in the month of November 2014, Zahoor Ahmad Mir, resident of Housing Colony Bemina purchased land measuring 2620 sfts under Khasra No. 1325 along with a three storey residential house and shops from one Saleema Movi, wife of Molvi Abdul Hai, resident of Nawab Bazar. Zahoor Ahmad Mir converted the said residential house into a commercial complex and further constructed a single storey shop under the name and style of M/S A.F General Agencies without the requisite building permission in connivance with and active knowledge of the then Chief Enforcement Officer SMC Nisar Ahmad Shah, the then ward Officer Nawab Bazar Mushtaq Ahmad Malik and Sheikh Javaid Ahmad Assistant Executive Engineer R&B Sub Division Syed Mansoor Sahib Srinagar.
