Vigilance conducts searches of EOs’ residential premises

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Mar 28: Sleuths of Vigilance Organization Kashmir conducted searches of the residential premises of Anees Ahmad Choudhary and Ab  Mateen Baba,  the then Executive Officers Municipal Committee, Ganderbal, who are accused of   abusing their official positions and illegally issuing building permissions.
The searches were conducted following registration of multiple FIRs  on the outcome of Joint Surprise Check (JSC) conducted in to the allegations that Municipal Committee (MC) Ganderbal was  engaged in malpractices and allowing huge structures on roads against hefty amounts.
The JSC revealed that huge multi-storeyed buildings/column structures have illegally been erected adjacent to the new Hospital Road Chek-Duderhama Ganderbal. JSC further revealed that the building permissions were  issued by the then Executive officers MC Ganerbal Anees Ahmed Choudhary and   Ab  Mateen Baba who in league with the then field Khilafwarzi Assistants of  Ward Duderhama Ganderbal,  namely Mushtaq Ahmad Dar, Riyaz Ahmad Tantray and   Siraj-ud-din Mir, under a well knit conspiracy with the beneficiary owners namely  Dr  Manzoor Ahmad Tantray and  Bashir Ahmad Tantray,  sons of Ab  Khaliq, Bashir Ahmad Tantray and  Manzoor Ahmad Tantray,  sons of Ghulam Mohammad and  Mehbooba,  fraudulently issued the building permission in their favour in violation of BOCA  norms/rules on the basis of fake NOC’s and  allowed the beneficiary to construct huge complex type structures in violation of approved building permission.
Accordingly four  FIR cases,  number  07/2018 u/s 5(1) (d) r/w 5(2) J&K PC Act Smvt. 2006 and Section 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC,  08/2018 u/s 5(1)(d) r/w 5(2)J&K PC Act Smvt  2006 & Section 120-B RPC,  09/2018 u/s 5(2) J&K PC Act Smvt. 2006 and Section 120-B RPC  and  10/2018 u/s 5(2) J&K P.C Act Smvt. 2006 and Section 120-B RPC, were registered in Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir and the investigation was taken up.