One person will be suspended and two will play a role under the scanner
*The police may transfer the case to a central agency.
Vivek Mathur
Jammu, September 30: A large-scale pension scam with a loss of around Rs 2,000 crore to the national exchequer has been unearthed at the Accountant General (AG) office here.
Taking cognizance of this issue, the AG’s office authorities have accused Harkesh, an employee, of using forged signatures and dispatch numbers in collusion with two retired employees of the AG’s office and some finance employees for handling pension cases. Mr. Meena was suspended. unacceptable.
Sources said that in September this year, Rajaji Sapro, an AG office official posted at the Vijaypur treasury in Samba district, had his signature forged to process and withdraw Dhyan Singh’s pension. That’s what he noticed.
After discovering these discrepancies, Sapro immediately reported the matter to the AG Office, Jammu, seeking further investigation into the matter and action on it.
“After a thorough internal investigation, the AG’s Office has determined that one of its employees, Harkesh Meena, conspired with two retired AG’s Office employees and certain financial staff to use forged signatures and dispatch numbers. “We concluded that the company was handling pension lawsuits that were not recognized,” a source said.
Meena would keep records of all pensioners and handle illegal pension cases using the identity cards and forged signatures of Rajaji Sapro and other employees.
After Meena’s role in the pension scam was established, the AG Department suspended him and transferred the scam case to Bakshi Nagar police station for further investigation into the matter.
“The roles of two retired employees of the AG’s office and some financial staff are also being investigated by the AG’s office,” they added.
Meanwhile, the Bakshi Nagar police station has requested higher authorities to transfer the case to a central agency for a thorough investigation as the misconduct of the officials involved has caused a huge loss to the exchequer.
In this connection, similar cases of pension fraud have been reported in other parts of the UT, especially Srinagar, where departmental officials colluded with finance ministry officials to use forged signatures and dispatch numbers. He reportedly processed his pension. In some cases, pensions of deceased civil servants were also withheld.
