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Convey Decision on Prosecution Sanction of IAS Officers: HC to MHA
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|February 18, 2025
A division bench of the high court (HC) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh comprising chief justice Tashi Rabstan and justice MA Chowdhary has directed the Union home ministry to file a status report and convey its final decision with regard to the prosecution sanction of three IAS officers, allegedly involved in the infamous arms licence scam.
JAMMU:
The IAS officers have been identified as Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, the then district magistrate, Udhampur; Niraj Kumar, the then district magistrate, Udhampur; and Yasha Mudgal, the then district magistrate, Udhampur.
The case is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
On December 31 last year, CBI in its report, revealed that during the period between 2012 to 2016 approximately 1.53 lakh arms licences were issued in 10 districts of Jammu division and approximately 1.21 lakh in 12 districts of the then Kashmir division, allegedly for monetary gains by the district magistrates.
It may be stated here that the CBI had sought prosecution sanction against eight IAS officers, allegedly involved in the infamous arms Licence scam.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition February 18, 2025 de Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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