Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 3: Crime Branch Kashmir booked CEO Budgam and others for cheating.
As per official spokesman, Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint alleging therein that in the year 2004-05, two posts of Rehbar-e-Taleem were advertised for Mehdi-Colony in Ward Number 4 of Budgam town. Applications were submitted by the candidates of the said ward.
ZEO Budgam accordingly published the list of eligible candidates on the basis of merit and in the list among others RuqayaTasleem, daughter of Shiekh Jalla-u-Din of Wahadatpora was figuring at serial number 1 for Ward Number 4 while as the candidate namely Tawheeda Akhter, daughter of Ghulam Hassan Bhat was figuring at serial number 03.
“It was further alleged that the suspect Ghulam Hassan Bhat under a criminal conspiracy hatched with the CEO Budgam/MC Budgam and officials of CEO/MC Budgam managed a habitation certificate from MC Budgam mentioning therein that the complainant is residing in Ward Number 3 instead of Ward Number 4, thereby paved way for the suspect Ghulam Hassain Bhat to get his daughter engaged as ReT in habitation Wahdathpora, Budgam Ward Number 4”, the spokesman added.
He stated that it was alleged that the suspect Ghulam Hassan Bhat with ulterior motives projected himself to be the resident of Ward Number 4 in place of someone else with the name Ghulam Hassan and same parentage thereby succeeded to get his daughter engaged as ReT in the said location.
A preliminary inquiry was initiated at Crime Branch Kashmir. During the course of which it was found that the suspect Tawheeda Akhter has managed a habitation certificate purportedly shown issued by MC Budgam and Ruqaya Tasleem has been shown as a resident of Ward Number 3.
“CEO Budgam has abused and misused his official position and conferred an undue benefit upon the Tawheeda Akhter by appointing her as ReT at Primary School Wahidpora”, spokesman said, adding that it revealed that Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Wahdathpora Budgam in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy with the then CEO Budgam Mohammed Rafi and other officials of CEO Budgam and MC Budgam have abused their official position by impersonation, cheating and fraud thereby managed selection/engagement as ReT under SSA Scheme for Primary School Mehdi-Colony in the year 2005, thus conferred wrongful gain to the suspect Tawheeda Akhter against corresponding wrongful loss to state exchequer and Ruqaya Tasleem.
Accordingly, a case under Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 RPC, r/w 5(2) PC Act was registered and investigation set into motion.
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