Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 12: The Vigilance Organization Kashmir (VOK) has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act on the outcome of a verification into the allegations that CEO Verinag Development Authority (VDA) Nazir Ahmad Thakur in league with his clerk Manzoor Ahmad Bhat has fraudulently prepared liability worth 28 crores without doing any work on ground.
During verification conducted by VOK, it was revealed that Thakur, Executive Engineers Abdul Rashid Lone and Rummy Raina, Accounts Officers, Mohammed Maqbool War and Abdul Rashid Bawani and camp clerk Manzoor Ahmad Bhat have in total violations to Rules accorded approvals to different works against DPR of Greater Verinag mostly in favour of blue eyed person.
The verification further revealed that the accused public servants have also extended undue benefit to blue eyed persons for allotment of different works against DPR Sarbal Lake in total violation of the requisite procedure, besides rates allotted are highly exorbitant which resulted in huge lose to State exchequer.
Immediately after registration of FIR noin Vigilance Organization, searches of the residential/office premises of the accused persons at Srinagar, Verinag and Budgam were conducted. During said searches, incriminating evidences/documents with regard to movable and immovable properties were recovered which are under scrutiny to proceed ahead accordingly.
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