JAMMU, March 30 -- In a major development in the much-talked-about State Forest Corporation appointment scam, the Court of Additional Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, has held that a prima facie case of corruption and criminal conspiracy is made out against former officials of the erstwhile J&K State Forest Corporation and several beneficiary accused in connection with alleged illegal appointments made in 2010.
The case arises out of FIR No. 16/2014 registered by the then Vigilance Organization Kashmir, now Anti-Corruption Bureau, Srinagar, against the accused for allegedly making appointments of Grading Attendants in violation of recruitment rules and codal formalities. The court, after hearing the prosecution and defence, observe...