Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) has registered a case against various officers, officials of the health department for fraudulently making 129 appointments in three medical blocks of Bandipora.
According to CBK official handout, it received a communicationfrom Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir regarding 129 persons in Bandiporasuspected of holding fictitious GPF numbers and with no record in District FundOffice, Bandipora.
“During the course of enquiry by CBK, it came to fore that 129 employees of district Bandipora, which include 26 from block Bandipora, 17 from Hajin and 86 from block Gurez possess fictitious GPF A/C Nos, with allotted computer code 7501,” it stated, adding, that the offices of Block Medical Officer Bandipora, Hajin and Gurez have reflected the fictitious GPF Code 7501 on the LPCs issued by them in favour of the fraudulently appointed employees.
The CBK further said that the appointment orders purportedly issued by Chief Medical Officer Baramulla were found fake and fictitious as the persons were appointed in fraudulent manner and then transferred to different Medical Blocks with their service books / LPCs prepared and dispatched.
“In this manner, a huge number of illegally and fraudulentlyappointed employees have been drawing salary deceitfully since long under awell-knit criminal conspiracy in league with concerned officers/officials. Ahuge loss has been caused to the state exchequer due to fraudulently appointedemployees” the CB handout stated.