Drinagr, Sep 26 (JKNS): Jammu & Kashmir’s Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday formally submitted a chargesheet in a high-profile illegal plot allotment case linking former Vice Chairman of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) and other officials.
In a statement issued here to news agency JKNS, The case originally registered as FIR No. 18/2014 at Police Station VOJ (now under ACB jurisdiction)—was filed under Section 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006, and Section 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code. The chargesheet was produced before the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Jammu.
Named in the report are Vinod Sharma, former Vice Chairman of JDA; Mamta Sharma, his wife; the late Naib Tehsildar Ghany Sham; and retired Patwari Rishi Kumar. The case stems from a verification by the then Vigilance Organization (now ACB) into allegations of illegal allotment of Plot No. 42, Sector-1A, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, and the illicit appropriation of an additional 4,300 sq ft of land by Mamta Sharma.
Investigators allege that the accused colluded with JDA officers and officials, abusing their positions to facilitate the allotment and encroachment of land in Trikuta Nagar.
The Special Judge Court has scheduled the next hearing for December 15, 2025. (JKNS)
