CB book woman Sarpanch, her husband for using fake SCCC in Panchayat election.

SHYAM SOOD
RAJOURI DECEMBER 07:– According to Crime Branch (CB) Jammu, a woman sarpanch & her husband along with the then Tehsildar (Nowshera), and the then Patwari (Nowshera) have been booked for their involvement in obtaining and facilitating Scheduled Caste Category Certificate (SCCC) by fraudulent means and its use by the beneficiary as genuine during the Panchayat Election of Sarpanch in Panchayat Halqa Bhajnow Nowhshera in Rajouri district.
The Crime Branch Jammu has registered a criminal case under the relevant sections of law against suspects namely Sarpanch Smt. Santosh Kumari W/o Bidhi Chand (D/o NandLal); Bidhi Chand S/o Lt. Chatru Ram R/o Village Bhajnova, Tehsil Nowshera District Rajouri; Akbar Hussain the then Tehsildar Nowshera; and Balvinder Kumar the then Patwari Nowshera.
According to Crime Branch, a written complaint was lodged by Joginder Singh S/o Sh. Kasturi Lal R/o Bhajnowa, with Crime Branch Jammu, alleging inter-alia that his wife Smt. Sheetal Kour resident of village Bhajnowa had contested election as Sarpanch Candidate in a reserved category (SC) Constituency against a lady namely Santosh Kumari W/o Bidhi Chand R/o Bhajnowa who was having a false and forged SC category certificate on the basis of which she won the election as a Sarpanch, whereas she belongs to Vashisht Rajput community as per the revenue record of her husband and her parents.
On receipt of this complaint, CB added, a preliminary verification was got conducted, and during the course of the probe revenue records were obtained from the concerned authorities and it has been prima-facie established that the SC Certificate has been managed by the accused beneficiary in connivance with other co-accused persons viz Govt. officers/official.
The omissions and commissions on the part of the accused are liable for the offences punishable u/s 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC r/w 5(2) PC Act. Svt. 2006.
Accordingly, a formal case is registered in the police station, Crime Branch, Jammu against the above mentioned accused persons and others for in-depth investigation.