Jammu, May 5, KDC: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday produced a charge sheet in a major corruption case involving officials of the Block Development Office Kishtwar and the Branch Post Office Thakrai. The case pertains to misappropriation of funds through the creation of fake accounts, causing a loss of over ₹4.32 lakh to the state exchequer.
The challan in FIR No. 32/2017 of Police Station VOJ (now ACB), registered under Section 5(1)(d)(c) r/w 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 and Sections 120-B, 467, 468, 471 RPC, was produced before the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Doda.
The accused named in the case are Irshad Ahmed Kichloo, then MPW, Panchayat Keshwan, Vijay Kumar, then Gramin Dak Sevak, Branch Post Office Thakrai and Abdul Samad, a resident of Nagrana Keshwan.
According to the ACB, a verification revealed that the accused conspired to open 21 fake accounts in the Post Office at Thakrai between 2009 and 2012 without the knowledge of the supposed account holders. Fake invoices were prepared by the BDO officials, and wages totaling ₹4,32,327 were fraudulently credited and withdrawn from these accounts over a period extending from August 2009 to April 2012.
The accused allegedly acted in connivance, thereby committing large-scale bungling and embezzling public money.
Further investigation and court proceedings are underway, ACB said . (KDC)
