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ACB Submits Chargesheet In 2011 Ration Fraud Case In Jammu
Kashmir Observer
|FEBRUARY 1, 2026 ISSUE
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) submitted a chargesheet on Saturday in a corruption case against officials and other persons for the alleged misappropriation of ration in a village of Jammu district, officials said.
The chargesheet was produced before the court of the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Jammu, against nine officials and other persons of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department for alleged misappropriation of ration, corruption, misuse of official position and causing loss to the state exchequer, officials said.
According to the ACB, the case pertains to the fraudulent issuance and misappropriation of ration meant for Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) beneficiaries, by allegedly granting ration to 188 nonexistent families in Khandwal village of Jammu district.
This story is from the FEBRUARY 1, 2026 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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