Srinagar, Aug 02: Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) on Wednesday said it produced a charge report in a case pertaining to the embezzlement of public money.
In a statement issued here, the CBK’s Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar said it produced “the charge-report in Case FIR No. 24/2016 of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir against Ghulam Ahmad Shah, son of Gh Mohammad Shah, a resident of Hajin, Bandipora (then Cashier-cum-Clerk in the Baramulla Central Cooperative Bank Ltd, Palhallan Branch) and Mohammad Sabir Dar, son of Mohammad Subhan Dar, a resident of Noor Din Colony, Baramulla (then Branch Manager of the Baramulla Central Cooperative Bank Ltd, Palhallan Branch) before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Pattan, for their alleged involvement in the commission of offences punishable under Sections 409, 420, 201 & 120-B of RPC”.
The brief facts of the case, according to the statement, are, “Crime Branch Kashmir had received a written communication from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, J&K which, inter-alia, alleged that some officers/ officials of the Baramulla Central Cooperative Bank Ltd have dishonestly and fraudulently embezzled large amounts of public money in different Branches of the bank (including the Palhallan Branch), etc. Accordingly, the instant case was registered at P/S Crime Branch Kashmir in the year 2016 and the investigation started.”
During the investigation, the allegations leveled against the accused individuals were substantiated and conclusively proved, the CBK said, adding that the charge report under section 173 CrPC against the two accused individuals has been produced before the court of competent jurisdiction for judicial determination.
