SRINAGAR: Vigilance Organisation chargesheeted 68 people, including Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials, for allotting shops in Srinagar to non-deserving beneficiaries against huge consideration of money.
A Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (VOK) spokesperson said 68 accused, including employees of SMC, were chargesheeted in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar here today. He said a case was registered in Police Station VOK, pursuant to the outcome of an enquiry wherein it had surfaced that SMC officials, including a ward officer, had allotted shops in Block-C Hazouri Bagh, Srinagar to non-deserving beneficiaries against huge consideration of money.
During investigation it has been found that then Assistant Revenue Officer Abdul Rahman Taploo, then Ward Officer Lal Chowk Farooq Ahmad Mir, then Ward Officer Jawahar Nagar Ghulam Mohidin Misger and then TGR Assistant Abdul Aziz Pir of SMC had prepared a fraud list of 120 dislocated shopkeepers for rehabilitation in Block-C Hazouri Bagh Srinagar in criminal conspiracy with brokers Zahoor Ahmad Wani, Mushtaq Ahmad Kak and others. (AGENCIES)
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