Srinagar, Aug. 10 -- Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday filed a charge-sheet against 10 persons, including two former executive engineers and a private contractor, in connection with alleged embezzlement of government material and fraudulent release of security deposits during construction of a bridge in Kupwara.

The accused include former executive engineers Mohammad Sultan Sheikh and Ajit Singh Chopra, besides other engineering and accounts officials of the PWD (R&B) Division, Kupwara, and contractor Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Lone.

The case pertains to the construction of a steel bridge at Lastiyal-Kalaroose in Kupwara and involves allegations of misappropriation of government store material, forgery, abus...