Monitor News Bureau
Srinagar, Mar 07: Vigilance organization on Wednesday booked Assistant General Manager, Jammu & Kashmir Cooperative Supply & Marketing Federation Limited (JAKFED) and others, for indulging in corrupt and dubious activities in case FIR No. 06/2018 registered under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006.
Vigilance Organization, Jammu conducted a Joint Surprise Check on the basis of a source report that Mukesh Damral son of Rajinder Parshad Damral of Nowshera, Rajouri presently working as Deputy General Manager, JAKFED, has been managing the affairs of JAKFED in such a manner only to have pecuniary advantages and benefits for himself and his family and has amassed huge wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income and has created a huge liability, running in crores in the JAKFED on account of different payments.
“During the course of JSC and on scrutiny of records, it surfaced that the accused Mukesh Damral, in league with other officers/officials of JAKFED, had invited tenders during the years 2013-2017 carrying vague terms and conditions to accommodate his blue eyed firms including the fake firms established by him in the name of his close relatives/ friends which were actually run by him by proxy, with the objective to obtain huge pecuniary benefits with dishonest intention, illegally and fraudulently,” a spokesperson of Vigilance Organisation said.
“On further scrutiny of records, it also came to light that a number of firms including his relatives firm had received supply orders from JAKFED despite having not been declared as L-1 during the tender proceedings. As per statement of Bank it has been found that transactions worth crores of rupees had taken place during short duration through which he had directly drawn benefits from the JAKFED,” the spokesman added.
“As per statement of account of his son a huge money trail of crores of rupees was also traced by way of transfer from different firms who were favourites of the accused Mukesh Damral. It was further revealed that Mukesh Damral, while accommodating other blue eyed firms has also obtained huge pecuniary benefits from them, as was evident from bank transactions of his son’s account who is running one of the firms and that huge amount was withdrawn by the accused through his henchmen from these accounts, as such, it became crystal clear on the scrutiny of bank accounts in question that Sh. Mukesh Damral in league with other officers/officials of JAKFED, by sheer abuse and misuse of his official position, as a public servant has obtained huge pecuniary advantages by indulging in corrupt and dubious activities in connivance with his son and others,” the spokesman further said.
As the commission of these acts by Mukesh Damral and others, constituted offences punishable under the provisions of J&K PC Act, Svt. 2006, accordingly, a formal case was registered at Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu for investigation, he added.
