3000 backdoor appointments in J&K Bank
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police today filed a charge sheet naming 23 people, including two former chairmen of the J and K Bank, in a case related to 3000 backdoor appointments.
Two former Chairmen of the Bank who have been charge-sheeted by the ACB included Sheikh Mushtaq and Parvez Nengroo.
The charge sheet was submitted before the designated court here which fixed the next date of hearing on January 27, 2020, an official handout said.
It said reliable inputs were received by the Anti-Corruption Bureau which showed that the Jammu and Kashmir Bank has created an “unprecedented and illegal practice of making more than 3,000 back door appointments clandestinely” including of relatives of the bank officials contrary to rules and norms governing the subject.
An FIR was registered at the ACB office in Srinagar and during the course of the investigation, searches were conducted in June this year wherein documents pertaining to the illegal appointments were seized from various sections of the bank.
The voluminous record was scrutinized wherein it surfaced that from “the year 2011 onwards chairmen of the time had made around 2,500 back door appointments illegally and fraudulently”.
The documents seized also necessitated a thorough probe to unearth this illegal appointment scam so that corrective measures are taken by the bank to put an end to such illegal practice, he said.
On conclusion of the probe in the case, allegations were established against bank officials, who included two former Chairmen–Sheikh Mushtaq and Parvez Nengroo — and other employees, the handout said.
Nengroo was removed as J and K Bank chairman suddenly this year by then Governor Satya Pal Malik on charges of alleged “misgovernance”.
The ACB charge sheet also named three retired officials of the J and K Bank.
Five people, who were benefitted in the process and provided employment, have also been named as accused in the charge sheet.
The handout said on conclusion of investigations, allegations were established against the Bank officials and accordingly the case was sent to the Government for prosecution sanction which has been received.
Those charge sheeted by the ACB included Mohd Ayoub Wanchoo, the then Vice President Corporate Headquarters, presently Zonal Head Office, Anantnag, Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, the then Vice President HRDD Corporate Headquarters Srinagar, presently Vice President Deposit Liability Management Corporate Headquarters, Srinagar and Vice President Deposit Liability Management Corporate Headquarter Srinagar, Showkat Ahmad Bhat the then Executive HRDD presently Senior Executive at RCC Delhi, Mohd Yahya Rafiqui, the then Executive HRDD, presently Sr. Executive Branch Unit Alamgiri Bazar Srinagar, Arshad Hussain Dar, Executive HRDD, presently vice President J&K Bank Financial Servics Ltd. Corporate Headquarter Srinagar, Asif Iqbal Raja, the then Sr. Executive HRDD Corporate Headquarters presently at RCC Srinagar, Syed Irfan Latief the then Executive HRDD Central office presently Executive at Branch Unit Nalamar Road Srinagar, Parvaiz Ahmad Baba, Executive HRDD Corporate Headquarters Srinagar, Mohd Maqbool Lone S/o Mohi-ud-Din Lone, President HRDD Corporate Headquarters Srinagar, Imran Mattoo the then Jr. Executive HRDD Corporate Headquarters, Srinagar, presently Associate Executive J&K Bank Branch Upper Sahu Srinagar, Shakoor Ahmad Bhat, Sr. Executive Corporate Headquarters Srinagar, presently Sr. Executive Customer Care, Corporate Headquarters Srinagar, Mohd Aslam Ganiee the then Assistant Vice President HRDD Corporate Headquarters Srinagar presently Head Cluster Office Pulwama, Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh S/o Mohd Akbar Sheikh R/o Bandi Saral (Uri) Baramulla A/P Gulbarg Colony Hyderpora near Masjid Bilal the then Chairman JK Bank, Ab. Rouf Bhat S/o Bashir Ahmad Bhat R/o H.No. 107 Alfarooq Colony, Hakeem Bagh Rawalpora the then Executive President. Parvaiz Ahmad Nengroo S/o Mohammad Amin Nengroo R/o Kapran Shopian (ex. Chairman JK Bank), VagishChander Sharma S/o Late Shri Durga Dutt Sharma R/o 44/1 Sawran Bihar Police Colony Jammu (Executive President HRD JK Bank) now retired, Abdul Rashid Shigan S/o Mohammad Shaban Shigan R/o S.D. Colony Batmaloo Srinagar (Executive President retired), Mohammad Iqbal Wani S/o Ali Mohd Wani R/o Tulwari Lanhgate Handwara, Banking Attendant at J&K Bank Branch Kupwara Old Chowk, Waseem Mehraj S/o Mehrajud Din Bhat R/o Sidiq Colony Sopore Banking Attendant at J&K Bank Branch Dangiwacha, Anjuman Ara D/o Ghulam Mohammad Bhat R/o Watapora Bandipora appointed as Assistant Banking Associate Bank, Faizan Ayaz S/o Late Ayaz Ahmad Chopan R/o Patushia Bandipora appointed as Banking Attendant, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir S/o Mohammad Ramzan Mir R/o Panjgam Bandipora appointed as Assistant Banking Associate and Haameem Nusrat D/o Nazir Ahmad Laway R/o Chawalgam Kulgam at present HIG colony Bemina Srinagar.
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