{"id":10841,"date":"2024-02-13T05:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=10841"},"modified":"2024-02-13T05:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:57:22","slug":"jk-gun-license-scam-jammu-court-seeks-presence-of-21-accused-on-next-date-of-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/jk-gun-license-scam-jammu-court-seeks-presence-of-21-accused-on-next-date-of-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K Gun license scam: Jammu court seeks presence of 21 accused on next date of hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMMU: The\u00a0<\/span>appearance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>alleged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>granting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illicit\u00a0<\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>licences<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2012\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>2016\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>demanded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CBI\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>cases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Enforcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Directorate<\/a>‘s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>prosecutor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ashwani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khajuria\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prevention\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Money\u00a0<\/span>Laundering\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(PMLA),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-corruption\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jyoti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Carried\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>entirety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reviewed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>available\u00a0<\/span><\/span>documentation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indicates\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span>person\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appears\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMLA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>surface,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prompting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>issuance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>secure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>presence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four-page\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judgement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span>office\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>directed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appearance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>reply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>date\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>attorney,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>postpone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CBI’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cognizance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ED\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2020\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>agency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>offences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>served\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>basis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CBI\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>final\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CrPC.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>copy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>side\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>thorough\u00a0<\/span>response.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>again\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>26\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appearance\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>accused\u00a0<\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proceedings,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>FIR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CBI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crime\u00a0<\/span><\/span>branch,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandigarh)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alleges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bulk\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>licences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2012\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>leads\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criminal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>case\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money\u00a0<\/span>laundering.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>By\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“flouting”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>established\u00a0<\/span>guidelines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lieu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“illicit”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monetary\u00a0<\/span>consideration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers\/officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dealers\/brokers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proceeds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crime,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ED\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2.78\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>licences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>various\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paramilitary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ED\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>IAS\u00a0<\/span>officer,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Administrative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(KAS)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dealers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>2022,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ED\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assets\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4.69\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crore\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-money\u00a0<\/span>laundering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>agency\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“incriminating”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>records\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>purportedly\u00a0<\/span>showed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interactions\u00a0<\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gun\u00a0<\/span>sellers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unauthorised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>licences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2012\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>2016.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>functionaries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connivance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dealers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brokers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brazenly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flouted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>norms,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>procedure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rules\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>licences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lieu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>monetary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considerations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abuse\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>servants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>huge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proceeds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crime,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ED.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>IAS\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rajeev\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Ranjan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>DC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Kupwara,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>KAS\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Itrat\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hussain,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>DC\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Kupwara,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suspects\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>case.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CBI\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>detained\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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