CBI Registers FIR Against J&K’s Secretary Labour & Employment

Srinagar|Feb, 20:The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan, former Deputy Commissioner of Kupwara and currently serving as Administrative Secretary, Labour and Employment Department, Jammu and Kashmir, in a case of alleged disproportionate assets.
The FIR was filed by CBI on February 17, 2025, at the Special Crime Branch (SCB), Chandigarh. On Wednesday, CBI had conducted searches at several locations in J&K in connection with a disproportionate assets case against Rajeev Ranjan. The FIR cited charges under Section 109 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) and Sections 5(2) read with 5(1)(e) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006. The investigation alleges that Ranjan, the then District Magistrate accumulated assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during his tenure between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2016. The case also names two other individuals, Kirpa Shankar Roy and Dulari Devi, both residents of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, along with unknown others. The CBI has entrusted the investigation to Deputy Superintendent of Police, CBI SCB, Rakesh Kumar Maurya.
The central government had last month allowed CBI to prosecute IAS officer Ranjan for allegedly issuing illegal arms licences in Jammu and Kashmir. The CBI is investigating a major scam involving the issuance of over 2.74 lakh gun licences in Jammu and Kashmir between 2012 and 2016 during which district magistrates allegedly granted licences for allegedly monetary gains.