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ACB produce charge-sheet in corruption case in J&K

Srinagar, Jan 8 (UNI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday produced supplementary charge-sheet against section officer Showkat Ali in a disproportionate case.
A spokesman of the ACB said chargesheet has been filed against Showkat, then Statistical Assistant, posted in Planning, Housing & Urban Development Department, Civil Secretariat, J&K in disproportionate assets case.
Supplementary Charge Sheet in case for commission of offence U/s 5 Act Samvat 2006 and sections 109/120-B/RPC, 12/14 Public Men & Public Servant Declaration of Assets and 3/4 Benami Act was produced against Showkat presently Section Officer for raising assets disproportionate to his known sources of income to the tune of Rs 44,48,078 in his name and in the name of his close friends and relatives as benami properties.
During the investigation of another case registered vide FIR No. 27/2016 P/S VOJ (now ACB) few additional properties were detected/raised by the accused Showkat during the check period of case FIR No. 20/2007 P/S VOJ (now ACB). As such permission from the Court for conducting further investigation as mandated U/S 173 (8) CrPC was obtained.
He said during the course of further investigation the properties of the accused included a Santro Car purchased by the accused Showkat in his own name on 29.08.2006 from M/S Crest Autocraft Pvt. Ltd. Kunjwani Bye Pass Jammu and Insurance Policies of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Ltd. to the tune of Rs 2,59,000 in the name of his wife which too had found invested by the accused before July 2007.

The record pertaining to both the properties/assets was obtained from the concerned Agencies/Units. Supplementary Charge Sheet was presented against the accused Showkat before the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu for judicial determination.
The next date of hearing in the case is fixed for January 25, 2021, he said.
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