The Union ministry of house affairs has returned incomplete prosecution proposal of three IAS officer–namely Yasha Mudgal, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and Niraj Kumar– allegedly concerned within the notorious arms licence rip-off, vide an official communication on February 21, with a path to re-submit the prosecution proposal inside one week once more.
An enormous arms licence rip-off allegedly involving deputy magistrates was unearthed by ATS Rajasthan in 2017. (iStock)
The unfinished prosecution proposal has been returned to the J&Ok chief secretary Atal Dulloo with a path to re-submit the prosecution proposal inside one week once more in opposition to the three IAS officers containing the related enclosures, DVDs together with authenticated copies of the FIRs, disclosure assertion, statements of witnesses, restoration memos, investigation report, government abstract of investigation report, draft sanction order, written assertion of defence from the accused officers together with particular feedback of the investigating officer, opinion and concurrence of the authorized division.
An enormous arms licence rip-off allegedly involving deputy magistrates was unearthed by ATS Rajasthan in 2017. It was being probed by the J&Ok Police earlier than the CBI was handed over the case by the then governor NN Vohra.
CBI had revealed that through the interval between 2012 to 2016 roughly 1.53 lakh arms licenses have been issued in 10 districts of Jammu division and roughly 1.21 lakh in 12 districts of the then Kashmir division, allegedly for financial positive factors by the then district magistrates on cast paperwork.
The case being investigated by the CBI is adjudicated by a division bench of the J&Ok and Ladakh excessive courtroom.
The Basic Administration Division (GAD) of J&Ok authorities vide its standing report dated December 27, 2024, had knowledgeable the division bench within the much-publicised PIL titled Sheikh Mohammad Shafi & Anr veresus Union of India & Ors that the “J&K government on December 27, 2024, forwarded its views and comments to ministry of home affairs with regard to three IAS officers namely Yasha Mudgal, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and Niraj Kumar for a final decision in the matter.”
Within the stated standing report, it was additionally submitted that with regard to IAS officer specifically PK Pole, the views and feedback of UT of J&Ok are being compiled/formulated and are on the superior stage of the examination. With regard to IAS officer Prasanna Ramaswamy G, it was submitted that because the occasion has occurred within the jurisdiction of UT of Ladakh, it wants additional examination with regard to jurisdictional facet for giving feedback within the matter and on this regard, a communication (GAD-VIGOSP/74/2024-09-GAD (C. No. 7537079) dated 27-12-2024 has been forwarded to MHA for clarification.
Related views have been referred within the standing report with regard to IAS officer M Raju (then district Justice of the Peace Kargil) and GAD flagged the communication of December 27, 2024 to MHA for clarification.
With regard to IAS officers Jitendra Kumar Singh (then district Justice of the Peace Kathua), G Prasanna Ramaswamy (then district Justice of the Peace Kathua) and Ramesh Kumar (then district Justice of the Peace Kathua), it was submitted that the matter is underneath lively examination of the GAD.
The MHA in its newest communication on February 12, addressed to J&Ok chief secretary Atal Dulloo has directed that the CBI’s proposals for grant of prosecution sanction in opposition to two IAS officers –M Raju and Prasanna Ramaswamy G could also be forwarded to the Union ministry of house affairs, with the executive approval of the lieutenant governor of Ladakh.
The MHA in its newest standing report dated March 8, filed pursuant to order dated January 2, knowledgeable the division bench that it has returned the unfinished prosecution proposal of three IAS officers with a path to J&Ok chief secretary to re-submit the identical inside one week after supplying the paperwork talked about within the communication dated February 21 this 12 months.
Additional, the J&Ok chief secretary has additionally been directed vide communication dated February 12 that prosecution sanction proposal of two IAS officers who had served in Kargil/Leh (M Raju and Prasanna Ramaswamy G) be forwarded to the ministry of house affairs with the executive approval of the lieutenant governor of Ladakh.
The case is listed for listening to on March 20.