JAMMU, June 24 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir has charge-sheeted seven individuals, including six former Rural Development Department (RDD) officials and a contractor, for their alleged involvement in a major development scam in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, where government funds were siphoned off through non-existent and irregularly executed projects.
Investigators found that substantial amounts of public money earmarked for developmental works in the Lolab area were fraudulently withdrawn by officials in alleged connivance with a private contractor. Several projects for which payments were released either existed only on paper or were executed in blatant violation of prescribed norms and procedures.
The ch...