Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 27: In a major set-back to State Vigilance Organization, Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Puneet Gupta has acquitted Mohd Aslam Qureshi, the then VC JDA as Vigilance Organization failed to prove the charges against the accused person beyond any shadow of doubt after 12 years long investigation and trial.
The then VC JDA, Mohd Aslam Qureshi was charged with recruiting Ragunath Jhoor, son of Jagan Nath as PRO on May 1, 2002 for six months and later getting the appointment approved by the Board of Directors, in violation of Government ban on such recruitments. Qureshi had appointed another man, Farid Hussain, son of Noor Mahi, as Work Supervisor on consolidated pay of Rs 4000 per month for six months and then regularized his job after getting it approved by the Board of Directors.
According to the Vigilance case, Qureshi had received one kanal of land at Sidhra from Farid Hussain and registered it in the name of his brother-in-law, Ali Muhammad Khan. The VO further said the accused had received a gift of one kanal of land at Sidhra from Abdul Rashid Mubaraki without the approval of higher authorities. In the violation of rules, he ordered appointment of one Purshtom Kumar as Switch Board Attendant on consolidated pay Rs 2500 per month and also appointed Kaka Ram as Parokar on the same pay violating the Government ban on fresh recruitments.
After hearing Advocate Shah Mohd Choudhary appearing for the accused person, Special Judge Anticorruption observed, “the court has taken up the evidence and decided the charges framed against the accused. None of the charges stand proved against the accused”, adding “some of the statements of witnesses who could throw some light on the case in material respect and the statements of other witnesses produced by the VOJ are more or less formal in nature as is evident from the statements of those witnesses”.
With these observations, Court held that the Vigilance Organization has failed to prove the charges farmed against the accused beyond shadow of doubt. Accordingly, he was acquitted of the charges leveled against him.
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