Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, June 18: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by SSP Rajouri for investigating Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University scholarship scandal has arrested yet another accused wanted in the case.
Identified as Muzaffar Iqbal, son of Mohd Iqbal, an employee of the University, was nabbed by police from a hideout today. He had applied for the bail in the High Court recently but his bail application was rejected by the court.
The J&K Bank employee Aijaz Malik, son of Mohd Jameel Malik, resident of Darhal has already been arrested by Rajouri police in connection with over Rs 15 lakh scam.
The SIT constituted in case FIR No 46/2015 u/s 420/467/468/471/409/109 RPC so far, has arrested two main accused namely Muzzafar and Aijaz Malik hailing from Darhal area. It is pertinent to mention here that the said case was registered in Police Station Darhal on May 20, 2015 on a written complaint of Yougesh Thaper, Branch Head JK Bank Branch Darhal regarding the misappropriation of scholorship of students of BGSBU and fraudulent transactions of cheques from Darhal bank branch.
On this, SSP Rajouri Dr Haseeb Mughal constituted a Special Investigation Team headed by SDPO Thanamandi, Iftkhar Talib to investigate the case. During the course of investigation SIT seized the cheques and other relevent record from concerned bank and BGSBU. Statements of nine students/ex students of BGSBU have been recorded so far before the court in which they have deposed that they had applied for the scholarships but concerned University employee Muzaffar Iqbal used to delay the disbursement on one pretext or the other.
Statements of 13 more students have been recorded so far by the SIT and the investigation conducted so far transpires the active involvements of both the accused in forging the record and misappropriation of scholarship, mess charges and other miscellaneous funds of BGSBU.
The modus operandi of accused was that Muzaffar would pass on the cheque numbers to Aijaz Malik and on this Aijaz Malik used to transfer that amount in the accounts of his relatives as well as relatives of Muzaffar Iqbal instead of actual beneficiaries (students).
It is pertinent to mention here that accused namely Muzaffar Iqbal an employee of BGSBU was evading his arrest. The High Court has already dismissed the bail application of Muzaffar, some days back. Custodial questioning of accused persons may unveil some more facts of the case. SIT is making effort to obtain all the relevant record from Directorate of Tribal Affairs, Directorate of Social Welfare and Corporate headquarters of JK Bank which the concerned authorities have so far failed to provide. SIT will also summon some more employees of BGSBU and J&K Bank for further investigation, the police said.
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