Jammu Tawi, September 7: Vigilance Organisation Jammu has alleged non-cooperation by the Deputy Commissioner's office in connection with producing the record for around three dozen corruption cases.
The cases are associated with Roshni scheme and other revenue-related scams. Some of the cases have been lingering for six years.
Despite a court order, the Deputy Commissioner's office is not cooperating with the Vigilance Organisation.
Irked at the rigid approach of the DC, a team of 15 Vigilance officers, including Deputy Superintendents of Police and inquiry officers, visited the DC office to extract record having evidence value in investigations.
“Before the team arrived at the DC office, the DC, Jammu ADC, Tehsildar and other officials concerned had left,” said a source in the Vigilance Organisation.
This further irked the Vigilance sleuths who managed to find another ADC, Riffat Kohli, and apprised her of the issue and gravity of the situation.
“But she was not able to provide any sort of help to the team and they had to return empty handed,” a source said.
“The Jammu DC has issued a circular not to provide any kind of information to Vigilance and crime department teams without prior approval,” he added.
The source told that the SSP, Vigilance, Jammu, had intimated the Jammu DC in advance about the visit as per court directions.
The SSP had requested the Deputy Commissioner to keep officials concerned ready with requisite record.
Confirming the visit, a senior Vigilance officer said they would soon arrest the officials involved in these cases and other officials who had been hindering the work of the Vigilance Organisation.
According to reports, the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu has sought some more time to collect the record. “They need the record of between 30 and 40 cases. It is not possible to arrange all this in one day. We have sought 10 days to collect the record. After that, it will be provided to the Vigilance Organisation,” he said.
