HC asks MHA to file fresh status report

Close on the heels of prosecution sanction granted against senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, presently posted as revenue secretary in Jammu and Kashmir, a division bench of the high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh comprising chief justice Tashi Rabstan and justice MA Chowdhary has directed the department of personnel and training in the home ministry to file an updated status report regarding five IAS officers and others involved in the infamous arms licence scam being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

JAMMU:

The high court directed advocate Sumant Sudan, appearing on behalf of Deputy Solicitor General of India (DSGI) Vishal Sharma for the department of personnel and training in the home ministry, to file an updated status report regarding the comments sent by the general administration department (GAD) of the J&K government on December 27 last year.