ACB books Tribal Affairs ex-directors, others

Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 4

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), J&K, registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B of the RPC against MS Choudhary, then Director, Tribal Affairs, J&K, (now posted as CEO/MD State Procurement & Supplies Agency RDD, J&K); Ali Hassan Raza, then Director, Tribal Affairs, J&K, (now retired), private beneficiary namely Nasreen Qadir of Jammu, proprietor of International Computer Training Centre, Rajouri, and other officials of the Tribal Affairs Department.

The case was registered after a verification conducted by the ACB into the allegations that Director, Tribal Affairs, J&K, while implementing Post-Matric Scholarship scheme entitled for ST candidates indulged in gross violation of guidelines and released crores of rupees to unrecognised institutes for unrecognised courses.

The ACB also conducted simultaneous raids at the residences of Choudhary in Rajouri and at his official residence in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.