Srinagar, Mar 12: In a damning escalation, the Anti-Corruption Bureau slapped a fourth chargesheet on former Executive Officer Abdul Rashid Shah of Municipal Committees Sumbal, Hajin, and Bandipora—exposing a web of crooked deals, fake hires, and ill-gotten riches beyond his paycheck.
It all blew open from Mohd Yousuf’s tip-off: Shah and nephew Javid Ahmad allegedly rigged illegal appointments across the MCs while pocketing disproportionate assets. Secret probes birthed four cases—three on sham jobs already charge-sheeted, plus this DA bomb: double/triple-story houses in Papchan and Gazaliabad, shopping complexes, prime lands galore (even wife Afroza’s Jammu plots), a swanky Maruti A-Star, gold from Kadla Jewellers, LG appliances, Sony gadgets—you name it. Bank balances and fixed deposits sealed the excess.
ACB hit ’em under J&K Prevention of Corruption Act for abetment and criminal breach, plus RPC 109. Co-accused: wife Afroza Bano, Saif Ud Din Baba, Sameer Ahsan Shah. Next showdown in Baramulla court: April 28.
From ghost employees to luxury hauls—this Bandipora bigwig’s empire crumbles under the graft hammer.
