G’bal : The Jammu & Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday said that it has registered a case against District Mining Officer Kathua Bodh Raj and also conducted searches.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday the J&K ACB said that on receiving specific inputs secret verification was conducted by it into the allegations of possession of huge disproportionate assets by Bodh Raj S/o Chuni Lal R/o Nater Kothian, Muthi, Jammu, former District Mining Officer (DMO), Kathua, adding therein that the verification revealed huge assets in the shape of plots, houses, business partnerships including Benami properties, partnership in crushers, bank accounts etc. in his name as well as in the name of his close relatives and associates/friends, which were found highly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Stating that besides the said properties he was also having high value transactions in his bank accounts, the J&K ACB in its statement further said that on the basis of the verification a prima facie case of criminal misconduct was found against the accused the former DMO Bodh Raj, under offences punishable U/s 13(1)(b) r/w section 13 (2) of PC Act 1988 , adding therein that a formal case under FIR No. 08/2024 was registered at Police Station ACB Central for investigation. The J&K ACB in its statement furthermore said that during the course of investigation searches were also conducted at the business premises and residential houses of the accused and his relatives and associates at Jammu, Kathua and Gurdaspur(Punjab) after obtaining warrants for conducting searches from the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu.
Stating that investigation teams also conducted searches at seven different locations including his Residential house at Muthi, Jammu, M/s Magnum Stone Crusher at Pandori, Kathua, M/s Satguru Stone Crusher at Madheen, Kathua and also at the residence of his close relatives on whose names benami property has been raised by the suspect, the J&K ACB in the concluding para of its statement said that during the search incriminating material including Revenue papers and financial/bank documents were recovered and seized as evidence in the instant case, adding therein that further investigation of the case is going on.
