The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a prosecution complaint against former chief engineer of Public Health Engineering Department and four others in a case linked to misappropriation of government funds.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
According to a statement issued here, The ED Srinagar Zonal Office, has filed a Prosecution Complaint before the Hon’ble Special Court (PMLA), Srinagar, against Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, then Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Kashmir, along with four others — Rajinish Pal, Mohammad Amin Wani, Nisar Ahmad Bhat, and Imran Baba, Partner in M/s Baba Enterprises — under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The complaint follows an investigation initiated on the basis of an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Srinagar, against the accused officials for misappropriation of Government funds.
ED’s probe revealed that the accused officials, in criminal conspiracy with M/s Baba Enterprises, misappropriated Government funds during procurement of spare parts for water filtration plants, causing wrongful loss to the public exchequer.
The investigation established that tenders were awarded to M/s Baba Enterprises without following due procedure, and separate tenders were not floated for additional procurement worth ₹2.30 crore. Security deposits and earnest money deposits were also not collected as per norms, and the total deposits were taken as ₹7 lakh only instead of ₹1.43 lakh each.
It was further revealed that M/s Baba Enterprises received ₹3.54 crore from PHED but paid only ₹1.55 crore to the original supplier, M/s Industrial Devices (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, while diverting the remaining ₹1.56 crore for the purchase of immovable properties in Srinagar — including 18 marla land in Barinambal and 27.5 marla land in Hyderpora.
ED has attached immovable properties worth ₹1.56 crore, and further investigation is in progress.
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