Overview
- Filed under FIR No. 25/2018, the case invokes RPC sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120-B read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Those accused include Electric Division Sumbal personnel such as 15 executive engineers, six assistant accounts officers, and other staff across multiple ranks.
- The chargesheet names 25 J&K Bank officers from the Sumbal and Sonawari branches along with 46 allegedly illegal appointees.
- Investigators identify Mushtaq Ahmad Malik as the alleged kingpin, with crores recovered from him and deposited into the Government Treasury.
- The probe alleges the DDO colluded with department and bank officials to siphon funds and forge appointments, with transfers traced to multiple accounts and term deposits.