Amarnath tents scam: Accused threaten complainants as Police delays action JAMMU: Even after more than a month since submission of detailed preliminary investigation report by an officer of DySP rank with a direction to the concern Station House Officer for registration of FIR against the officers accused of committing brazen irregularities in permission for tents at the Amarnath Yatra Base Camp in Sheshnag and Pahalgam, the Police authorities are allegedly delaying action. On the other hand, the accused officers of district administration are allegedly pressuring the complainants and even threatening of police harassment if the latter do not withdraw complaint against them. In what appears to be a nexus between the concerned police officers and the accused, soon after a threatening call by the main accused, who is an officer of ACR rank, some cops raided the house of president Tent Union Sheshnag, Mohd Shafi summoning him to the Police Station. “Yesterday morning, I received a phone call by the ACR who abused me and threatened of dire consequences for my witness in the tents permission scam and in the very afternoon, my house was raided my several policemen looking for me without any search warrant,” Mohd Shafi said explaining he along with other complainants were under severe pressure from different quarters to withdraw their complaints and earlier statements, recorded before the Magistrate. A big scam involving large scale corruption had surfaced in permissions for erecting tents at the Yatra Base Camp in Sheshnag, Pahalgam following some complaints by the tent owners. Preliminary investigations by police on the basis of seized records and statement virtually established the involvement of officers of district administration Anantnag, who allegedly issued permissions on forged documents, without verifications and necessary formalities after accepting bribe money from the applicants. However, even after more than a month since submission of detailed preliminary investigations report by the Zonal Officer Sheshnag Base Camp, DySP Ajay Sharma to the higher authorities, no further action has yet been taken in the case while the accused are threatening the complainants. When contacted, SSP Anantnag Ramesh Kumar Yalla said that police was still verifying the preliminary investigation report and it would take at least one week more for a decision on further action. Regarding threatening calls by the accused to complainants, the SSP claimed that he was not aware of any such development. Ironically, the Governor House as well as Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, which were earlier monitoring the progress on permission scam, are also in dark over the fate of case and police inaction. According to official sources in Raj Bhawan, the case was being monitored by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Shailendra Kumar who said that he was awaiting Police report.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 03:17:24 +0000
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