SRINAGAR, Sept. 22 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against a former branch head of J&K Grameen Bank and a business correspondent for alleged financial irregularities in the implementation of the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in Baramulla district.

According to the ACB, FIR No. 05/2026 has been registered against Arvind Saini, the then branch head of J&K Grameen Bank's Reban branch in Sopore, and Firdous Ahmad Sheikh, a business correspondent, along with others, under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code.

The case stems from allegations of irregularities committed between 2021 and 2023 in the release of capital subsidies under PMEGP and other sponsor...