JAMMU, June 1 -- In a significant development in the alleged Kishtwar arms licence racket, a Special CBI court in Jammu has found sufficient material to proceed against two accused, while holding that the prosecution failed to produce evidence warranting trial of a third accused, Mukesh Bhargav.
Special Judge Anti-Corruption (CBI Cases), Jammu, Pawan Kumar Sharma, passed the order in the case titled CBI Jammu v. G.N. Balwan and Others, arising out of FIR No. RCCHG2018S0006 of 2018 registered for alleged offences under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and other substantive offences.
The case relates to allegations that arms licences were fraudulently issued from District Kishtwar to five Army personnel during 2015, despite their neithe...