Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 24: The Vigilance Organization has booked Chief Medical Officer Budgam and others for embezzling funds of Rs 17 lakh, allotted under Office expenditure during the year 2009-10.
The case verification revealed that then CMO Budgam Mohammad Abdullah Bhat and Cashier Nissar Ahmad hatched a criminal conspiracy with BMO Khag and Charar-i-Sharief and prepared fictitious bills in respect of various purchase/repairing works and thus put the State exchequer to loss to the tune of Rs 11,78,240/-. It has been also revealed that an amount of Rs 8,01,990/- was found withdrawn by the CMO, Cashier, then BMO Khag Bashir Ahmad Khan and the then BMO Chrar-i-Sharief Mohammad Iqbal Bhat and others during the year 2009-2010 on account of repairing of departmental vehicles which was never done.
It was also revealed that installation of LED Hoarding and production of short films was placed with M/s Oscar Cine Media Group Srinagar without any competition and payment was made to the firm. However, the firm made additional demand on account of excess duration of the short film of Rs 68,750/-. The accused CMO in league with his Cashier disbursed an amount of Rs 1,57,000/- to the firm and in this manner a clear excess payment of Rs 88,250/- has been illegally and fraudulently made to the firm.
In addition, withdrawal of Rs 50000/- was effected fraudulently in cash on account of purchase of medicines on the occasion of Muharram– ul –Haram by the accused CMO. Further an amount of Rs 238,000/- was also withdrawn on account of fake bills of TA and purchase of miscellaneous articles.
Following these revelations, an FIR was registered against the accused under different sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and the investigation was taken up.
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