JAMMU: A senior Government official was among several people booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday for alleged embezzlement of funds meant for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.
The case was registered against M S Choudhary, the Chief-Executive Officer-cum-Managing Director of State Procurement and Supplies Agency, and others after preliminary investigation revealed misappropriation of funds to the tune of over Rs 66.84 lakh during his posting as the tribal affairs director, a spokesman of the ACB said.
He said another former director of tribal affairs, Ali Hassan Raza (now retired), proprietor of International Computer Training Centre in Rajouri Nasreen Qadir and other officials of the Tribal Affairs department were also named in the FIR registered at the police station ACB Rajouri. (AGENCIES)
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