Agencies | Srinagar:
The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered three separate FIRs against government officials, including two cases against JKAS officer Sheeba Inayat, over alleged disproportionate assets and irregularities in foodgrain distribution in Baramulla.
The cases were registered on September 17, with the third FIR involving an employee of the Motor Vehicle Department in Jammu over alleged possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The ACB has registered FIR No. 03/2026 against Sheeba Inayat, who had served as Block Development Officer, Singhpora/Pattan, alleging that she accumulated assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
According to the bureau, the assets under scrutiny include bank balances, fixed deposits, LIC policies, jewellery, a five-storey commercial shopping complex in Baramulla and plots of land in Baramulla, Gulmarg, Kreeri and Chowadi, Jammu.
The ACB alleged that the assets and expenditure identified during verification were disproportionate to her known income and prima facie indicated enrichment through corrupt practices and misuse of official position.
Following warrants issued by the Anti-Corruption Court, Baramulla, searches were conducted at her residential and office premises. The bureau said incriminating material was seized during the searches.
The case has been registered under relevant provisions of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006.
In a separate case, the ACB has booked Inayat in connection with alleged irregularities in foodgrain distribution during her tenure as Assistant Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Baramulla.
The case also names Mohammad Shafi Rather alias Kandaman, then a departmental salesman, along with others, in alleged irregularities spanning the period from June 2013 to June 2015.
The bureau said its verification revealed alleged diversion of foodgrains, manipulation of distribution records and discrepancies in government accounts.
According to the ACB, the alleged diversion of foodgrains from APL to BPL and AAY categories involved an amount of ₹26.32 lakh. An unexplained shortage of 16,763.77 quintals of foodgrains was valued at approximately ₹1.67 crore.
The bureau further detected discrepancies involving 6,120.13 quintals of foodgrains, carrying a financial implication of around ₹61.20 lakh, besides a probable short remittance of government revenue amounting to ₹6.74 lakh.
The ACB also said an unusual increase in ration cards and households during the 2014 floods, followed by a subsequent decline, prima facie indicated possible manipulation of beneficiary records.
The bureau has assessed the alleged loss to the government at approximately ₹2.61 crore.
FIR No. 04/2026 has been registered at Police Station ACB Baramulla under relevant provisions of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006, and the Ranbir Penal Code.
Searches were conducted at the premises of Inayat and Rather, and further investigation has been initiated.
The ACB has separately registered FIR No. 06/2026 against Ashwani Kumar, an employee of the Motor Vehicle Department, Jammu, over alleged possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The bureau alleged that Kumar had accumulated various assets, including shops, plots, flats and luxury vehicles, in his name and in the names of family members.
A search was conducted at his residence in Vinayak Nagar, Muthi, Jammu, in the presence of independent witnesses and magistrates.
The ACB said further investigation into the case is underway.
The three cases form part of the bureau’s ongoing investigation into alleged corruption, financial irregularities and disproportionate asset accumulation involving public servants in Jammu and Kashmir.
