JAMMU: In relation to a bribery case involving Rs 10 lakh, the CBI has filed a charge sheet against Mohammed Farooq Dar, the former Special Secretary of the Agriculture Production Department in Jammu and Kashmir, and other individuals, according to officials on Thursday. In addition to Dar, the chargesheet filed by the CBI also names Gohar Ahmed Dar, a private individual, and Sarbjit Singh, the former Chief Horticulture Officer of Jammu. According to the CBI’s charge sheet, which was submitted to the Special CBI court in Jammu, Singh and Gohar Ahmed were detained while taking a Rs. 10 lakh bribe on behalf of Farooq Dar, who was then appointed Special Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir government’s Agriculture and Production Department.According to a statement by a CBI spokesperson, the complainant was allegedly asked for the bribe in exchange for his assignment and to address departmental problems, including a possible promotion. “The private individual (Supplier/Contractor of Agriculture & Production Department) (Gohar) was discovered to have acted as a middleman for the collecting of bribes during the investigation. Additionally, it was claimed that the Special Secretary (Dar) was providing official information about the complainant’s transfer or posting to an intermediary, who then forwarded it to the Chief Horticulture Officer (CHO), Jammu (Singh),” the spokesperson stated. According to the CBI, Dar started the transfer proposal and first suggested the complainant’s name for CHO, Doda, and then for CHO, Rajouri, in “gross disregard” of the inquiry officer’s recommendation that the complainant not be assigned to any sensitive positions.
