{"id":142,"date":"2014-03-29T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmir-today.net\/village-headman-accused-of-corruption-govt-orders-probe\/"},"modified":"2014-03-29T16:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T16:53:00","slug":"village-headman-accused-of-corruption-govt-orders-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Village headman accused of corruption, Govt orders probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Srinagar:<\/b> A village headman associated with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party is being accused of siphoning money meant for the community welfare.<\/span><\/div>\n
A delegation from Thayan (B) of Kalaroos told GNS that the Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Malik is \u2018committing fraud and corruption\u2019. They alleged that the Malik has grabbed amassed thousands of rupees which were meant for poor people.<\/span><\/div>\n
The delegation said that Malik has illegally recommended those persons for Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) scheme \u2013 who offer bribe. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t sanction cases in the favour of poor families who have no house and are living under extreme poverty,\u201d a resident, Muhammad Rafiq said.<\/span><\/div>\n
Despite several requests he hasn\u2019t paid any attention towards us and ironically he threatens us, one of the delegation member Rafiq Ahmad said.<\/span><\/div>\n
Ahmad quoted the Sarpanch, saying: \u201cNobody can harm me\u2026Go wherever you wish.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Another resident, Fareed Ahmad said: \u201cI live in my uncle\u2019s house. I also went to Sarpanch regarding the sanctioning of case. But, he demanded bribe from me. I categorically told him that I am not going to pay even a penny.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
He said that after he declined to pay, Malik all of a sudden dropped his case from the list.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cIn 2010, I was one of the beneficiaries under IAY scheme. That year, government used to pay 48,000. But Malik paid only Rs 29,000,\u201d said Muhammad Yasin, who was also a part of the delegation.<\/span><\/div>\n
The delegation said that the Sarpanch not only grabbed the money from IAY but also from National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).<\/span><\/div>\n
They said that, \u201cLast year, a developmental work under NREGA was going on in our area. Out of one lac each for three labourers, he grabbed 40,000 rupees \u2013meant for\u2013 Abdul Lateef, Bashir Ahmad and Abdul Majeed,\u201d adding: \u201cInstead of paying, he hurled abuses on them.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
The delegation further said: \u201cBefore being elected as Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Malik was an ordinary labour, but now he owns property worth lacs of rupees.\u201d \u201cHe has been utilizing the funds for himself instead of using it for the welfare and development of the Halqa,\u201d the delegation alleged.<\/span><\/div>\n
The delegation demanded the higher authorities to take a serious look into the matter and said that the Sarpanch should be sacked with immediate effect adding that \u2018he has sucked our blood\u2019, adding that, \u2018the poor people find it difficult to live under his headship\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kupwara, Itrat Hussain, told GNS that the delegation had already met him and he has ordered a probe in this regard. \u201cA probe has been ordered in this regard and District Panchayat Officer, Muhammad Shafi is enquiry officer,\u201d the DC said. (GNS)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Srinagar: A village headman associated with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party is being accused of siphoning money meant for the community welfare. A delegation from Thayan (B) of Kalaroos told GNS that the Sarpanch, Manzoor Ahmad Malik is \u2018committing fraud and corruption\u2019. They alleged that the Malik has grabbed amassed thousands of rupees which were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}