Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today registered a case against the Director, State Motor Garages, Jammu and Kashmir for disproportionate assets.
The ACB in a statement said that based on a specific input, a secret verification was conducted by the ACB into the allegations of possession of huge disproportionate assets by Malik Tahir Gani son of Abdul Gani Malik of Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, at present Gandhi Nagar, Jammu presently posted as Director, State Motor Garages, J&K.
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“The verification revealed that the suspect while posted in different places/departments like ARTO Anantnag, Pulwama and Director State Motor Garages J&K has raised huge assets in the shape of plots, houses, shops, shopping complexes, bank accounts etc in his name as well as in the name of his family members/ relatives which were found highly disproportionate to his known sources of income,” the statement added.
It said that on the basis of the verification conducted, a prima facie case of criminal misconduct was found made out against the accused Malik Tahir Gani, Director State Motor Garages, J&K under offences punishable U/S 13(1)(b) r/w section 13 (2) of PC Act 1988. “Accordingly, a formal case FIR No. 11/2025 was registered at P/S ACB Central for investigation,” the statement added.
“During the course of investigation, search warrants were obtained for conducting searches from the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu. Thereafter, searches were conducted by the ACB teams at 4 different locations which includes his residential houses at Sanat Nagar Srinagar, residential house at Hyderpora Srinagar, residential quarter at 55-C Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and official premises at New Plot, Jammu. During the course of search incriminating material was recovered and seized as evidence in the instant case,” the statement added.
The ACB said that further investigation of the case are going on.
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