ACB, Aug. 21 -- Additional Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar, Faizan-ul-Haq Iqbal, today convicted Habibul Hassan Beigh, retired IAS officer and former member of the J&K Special Tribunal, in a long-pending disproportionate assets case.

"Beigh, son of Gh. Hassan Beigh, and resident of Chinar Colony, Barzulla, Srinagar, was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and a fine of Rs.15 lakh in connection with FIR No. 22/1997 registered at Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir (VOK), now Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Srinagar.

The case was registered on April 24, 1997, under Sections 5(1)(e), 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006, read with Sections 12 and 14 of the J&K Public Men & Public Servants Declaration of Ass...