SRINAGAR: The Health and Medical Education (H&ME) department on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the alleged violation of government rules and regulations by the Director of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK).
The director has allegedly delegated financial powers to Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) in contradiction to the established protocols.
As per an order, issued by Secretary Health, Director Medical Supplies corporation limited Pankaj Gupta has been appointed as inquiry officer and has been directed to submit a report within 20 days.
As per the order, the inquiry officer has been asked to find reasons for delegating financial powers to Chief Medical Officers by the Director Health Services Kashmir in violation of rules and regulations and in spite of the fact that a Central Purchase Committee, duly constituted by the government, existed at the Directorate level.
He further has been directed to find reasons for further delegation of financial powers by Chief Medical Officer, Anantnag to Block Medical Officer, Saller against extant rules, establish whether Block Medical Officer, Saller exercised authority in violation of instructions issued by Director Health Services Kashmir, and even procured items available with JKMSCL against the mandate of purchase committee or not. In case of later, compelling reasons thereof.
Further, inquire how BMO Saller ascertained rates’ reasonability and establish whether the rates were reasonable or not and establish whether procured items bear the requisite technical specifications or not, the order reads.
“The Inquiry Officer shall fix responsibility for failure in observing financial propriety at various levels. The inquiry shall also extend to procurements made for the Baltal axis of Sh. Amarnath ji Yatra during 2022. The Inquiry Officer shall submit the report within a period of 20 days from the issuance of this order,” reads the order—(KNO)
SRINAGAR: District Magistrate Poonch, Yasin M Choudhary has ordered an inquiry into the allegations of poor blacktopping work on two roads in the Poonch district.
Quoting an official, KNO reported that there were allegations of poor blacktopping on Chandak to Sathra and Bus stand Mandi to Shri Baba Budha Amarnath temple.
He said that the inquiry officer has been asked to submit a detailed inquiry report within fifteen days for further necessary action.
Locals had alleged that both these roads were blacktopped last year only and have turned dilapidated within less than a year allegedly due to poor quality work.
Additional District Development Commissioner Poonch, Malikzada Sheraz ul Haq has been appointed as inquiry officer and has been asked to submit a detailed inquiry report within 15 days.
An Indigenous mother whose son was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by her former partner says her baby could still be alive if police had done their job properly and believes officers failed her family in “every way”.
In testimony on Thursday, Tamica Mullaley says she described how she was left bleeding after being attacked by her abusive partner Mervyn Bell in Broome in 2013 – but when police arrived after being called to assist her, they arrested her, claiming she was abusive to officers.
Bell returned to the house, took the boy and murdered him. Bell was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering and sexually assaulting Charlie. Bell killed himself in prison in 2015.
Mullaley says she told the inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children on Thursday how her father, Ted, had repeatedly tried to raise the alarm. Ted told police Bell had made threats towards the baby and that they needed to immediately search for him.
But authorities took hours to act on the information, before issuing incorrect licence plate details for the car Bell was driving when he took the baby, Mullaley said.
When asked if she felt police failed her and Charlie, Mullaley replied: “Bloody oath they did, in every way.”
“He would still be here if they did their job right, there’s only one road out of Broome and if they had of done their job they would have been able to get him along that road,” Mullaley told Guardian Australia.
After they found out Charlie was dead, she alleged police came to her house and “were abusing and being racist towards my dad”.
“If my family were white, there would have been more care, more help,” she said.
Mullaley was charged with resisting arrest, while Ted Mullaley was charged with obstructing arrest.
The WA government apologised in 2022 over the police treatment of the family, and both Mullaley and her father were officially pardoned by the WA attorney general, John Quigley. Quigley said both had been charged while enduring “the unthinkable”.
Mullaley said she told the inquiry police officers needed cultural competency training specific to the regions in which they worked.
After traveling from Broome to Perth for this week’s hearing, Mullaley met with senators who form part of the inquiry committee on Friday. She said she was grateful for the opportunity to share her family’s anguish, in the hope that it could bring change and accountability.
“We’ve all come in and been invited here. It shows they’re aware of it. They’re aware that there is something wrong and it needs to be changed,” the Yamatji mother said.
The Mullaley family has fought for years for an inquest into baby Charlie’s death in the hopes that no family would have to endure a similar pain. Mullaley said she told the committee inquests into missing or murdered Aboriginal women and children need to be mandatory.
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Chair of the inquiry, Queensland senator Paul Scarr, said the inquiry was critical to improving responses to missing and murdered Indigenous women and children and preventing violence.
“As a Senate committee, we need to shine a bright light on this issue and grab the attention of lawmakers, stakeholders and the Australian public. We have people in our community who have been absolutely traumatised,” he said.
“We have to focus on doing whatever we can, in a practical sense to come up with recommendations to try and constructively address this.”
Dr Hannah McGlade, a member of the UN permanent forum on Indigenous issues and women’s safety advocate, is supporting families of those who have been murdered.
She said reforms are needed to ensure Indigenous families are treated appropriately in all circumstances.
“We see a pattern of under-policing when it comes to Aboriginal women and children as victims and over-policing of Aboriginal people as offenders or perceived offenders,” she said.
“It’s a serious violation of our international human rights obligations and there has to be appropriate responses by the Australian government.”
If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au
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( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )
Hyderabad: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday conducted a protest demanding that Supreme Court take the Pulwama attack as Suomoto and inquire into the issue with a sitting judge.
AAP demanded action from the apex court based on comments made by the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik and former Army Chief Shankar Rai Chaudhary.
AAP leader Diddi Sudhakar said, “On February 14, we paid tributes to the 40 Javans who were killed in the Pulwama attack ans demanded justice for their families. We also demanded for a probe against the forces behind the attacks”.
Sudhakar alleged that the tragedy happened due to the union home ministry’s decision not to airlift the CRPF soldiers.
“Pulwama is a very sensitive area and it is located very close to the Pakistan boarder. After the incident, the former governor Satya Pal Malik called Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was engaged in photography and videography at Jim Corbett Park,” he added.
“The ex-governor, who belongs to the same party as the prime minister, revealed that Modi said ‘Tum Chup Raho Bhai’ telling him not to talk about this matter. On the same incident , former army officer Shankar Rai Choudhary also said in a magazine interview that if proper security measures had been taken that day, 40 brave soldiers would not have died,” added the AAP leader.
He alleged that the sacrifice of the soldiers who died in the Pulwama attack was used by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to gain an advantage in the parliament elections.
Sudhakar said, “What happened to the security agencies if 800 kg RDX was roaming in a jeep on the roads of Pulwama? All these things are done by the BJP leadership for advantage in elections, they tried to win votes while depicting Pakistan as a devil. The public noticed this and wanted to revolt”.
The AAP leader said that the martyrdom of 40 army soldiers should not be wasted and those who risk the security of the country should not be tolerated.
He stated that those who sacrificed their lives in the guise of patriotism should not be spared under any circumstances and the party will fight until a judicial inquiry is conducted by the sitting judge of the Supreme Court.
SRINAGAR: The Jammu & Kashmir government has demoted a retired officer from the date he was placed as in-charge Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) after an inquiry established that there were building plan and master plan violations during his stint with the Lakes & Waterways Development Authority, which has been renamed as the Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA).
In an order, the J&K Home department has imposed a penalty of “reduction to a lower post” on Shah Sikander, the in-charge DySP (now retired).
The Home department’s order states that Shah Sikander, the in-charge DySP, is demoted to the post of inspector with effect from 20.07.2012, the date he was placed as in-charge DySP.
Sikander, the then enforcement officer of Lake and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), was arrested by the State Vigilance Organisation on March 14, 2017, in a case registered against him in 2015 for violations in peripheral areas of Dal Lake.
According to the order, Sikander was served with a charge sheet on June 21, 2017, for not submitting a written statement of defence within a period of 21 days.
He submitted his statement on September 25, 2017, and refuted all the charges.
As per the order, the response submitted by the officer was found unsatisfactory, and accordingly, it was decided that the charges were required to be thoroughly investigated.
On January 01, 2018, the government appointed an inquiry officer to probe the charges against him.
In the report, the inquiry officer established that there was a violation of building permission norms and instances of illegal construction around the Dal Lake during his posting with LAWDA (now LCMA).
“The competent authority decided to impose the penalty of ‘reduction in rank’ for violating J&K Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971,” reads the order. (KNO)
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police in Rajouri has placed five cops under suspension over a theft incident in district court complex while a departmental inquiry has been initiated in this regard, officials said.
Pertinently, unidentified burglars in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday struck the district court complex in Rajouri town and entered in Maal Khaana (seizure room) and stole some seized articles.
Meanwhile, in an official statement, the District Police Office Rajouri informed that during the intervening night of 03rd and 04th April, information was received that some unknown thieves have broken the locks of the Malkhana of District Court complex Rajouri and have stolen some seized articles, case property.
On this, a cognizance has been taken while a case under FIR number 143/2023 under section 457/380 IPC has been registered and investigation has been started.
During the initial phase, police said, special teams have analysed the crime scene with the assistance of FSL team.
Police is also analyzing the technical evidence related to the scene of crime, said the District Police Office.
Moreover, police have also rounded up various suspects for questioning, it said.
On the other hand, taking serious action in this incident, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri Amritpal Singh has placed under suspension Guard Incharge and other officials for dereliction of duties while a departmental enquiry has also been initiated, which will be conducted by Deputy SP DAR Parupkar Singh.
The investigation is going on and a breakthrough is expected very soon, police said.
In an official statement, police further stated that five personnel who have been suspended include ASI Tariq Mehmood, SgCt Mohd Shafiq, SPO Ghulam Nabi, SPO Mohd Munshi and SPO Murtaza Khan.
Srinagar, Mar 29: The Government on Wednesday ordered a time-bound inquiry into the various aspects related to the visits of “Shri Kiran Patel” who conned the security establishment in Jammu and Kashmir into believing him to be a PMO official and enjoyed five star protocol “brazenly” for a considerable period of time prior to his arrest earlier this month.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of Shri Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, as Inquiry Officer to inquire into the various aspects related to the visits of Shri Kiran Patel to Kashmir during the past months and security arrangements made thereof,” reads an order by J&K’s Home Department. “The Inquiry Officer shall identify the lapses on the part of the Officers/ Officials concerned and submit a detailed report within one week,” the order, a copy of which lies with GNS, reads.
Patel was on his third visit to the Kashmir Valley when he was nabbed by security officials from a five-star hotel in Nishat area of Srinagar on March 2.
As per the police report, Patel has prima facie forged and manufactured some documents including some visiting cards on the basis of which he has defrauded not only a single or group of person but “extremely elevated class of the society including high officials of the civil administration and police authorities.” At the end of the day, the police said, Patel succeeded in getting Z Category Security, bullet proof vehicle and enjoyed five star protocol “brazenly” for a considerable period of time.
“The documents, visiting cards and cell phone of the accused person have been sent for FSL examination, on the basis of which alleged Crime has been commuted, however the FSL examination report has not been received by the investigating agency,” the police had said in a report to court.
The police further said that investigation conducted so far has suggested that the accused has visited most “sensitive locations and areas of Kashmir Valley” which are highly protected and extremely sensitive as far as present security scenario of Kashmir is concerned. Hence, the police said, this aspect of the matter has necessarily to be probed thoroughly by the investigating machinery as to how and with what motive and object the accused visited these locations and areas.
“There is enough material available on the file, suggestive of the fact that while meeting different and variety of people and conducting meeting with highly elevated officials of civil administration and police the accused may have received hefty amount for different purpose which areas seem not to have been investigated so far,” the police had said, adding, “further no recoveries have been made by the investigating agency so far, hence a detailed and thorough investigating is also required to be conducted as far as this area of the matter is concerned.”
Furthermore, the police had said, the meticulous and careful perusal of case diary file and material available on record reflects that during this all period some more persons have remained closely connected with the accused person whose nexus with the accused person requires proper investigation. 5.
As far as “sophisticated and well planned criminal activities of the accused (Patel) are concerned”, the police said, a well knit network of the accused cannot be ruled out in terms of investigation so far conducted.
“More surprisingly the accused has posed to be Additional Director (Strategy and Campaign) PMO, New Delhi which in normal course has not to be taken lightly. Hence again a thorough investigation is required to be conducted as to what could be the other possible connection of the accused which can be checked, scanned and controlled at the initial stage, so that an ugly situation is not again erupted,” the police had said.
SRINAGAR: The School Education Department Tuesday ordered an inquiry against private schools for prescribing textbooks published by private publishers instead of those recommended by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE).
Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in a communique issued to Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region said that there have been complaints against some private schools for purchasing books from private publishers instead of books prescribed by JKBOSE for classes 6th, 7th and 8th.
“As you are aware that department has received various complaints from the parents alleging that some of the private schools are asking the parents to purchase books of private publishers in addition to the books prescribed by the JKBOSE,” it reads.
DSEK further said that the practice has been viewed seriously by the authorities.
“As such you are requested to conduct an in-depth enquiry into the matter along with your Zonal Education Officers and furnish the action taken report to this Directorate within a period of three days positively,” reads the communique. (KNO)
Srinagar: Chairperson J&K Waqf Board Darakhshan Andrabi Saturday placed 31 Waqf employees under suspension for dereliction of duties at several shrines of Srinagar.
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A Waqf official said that several employees were found unauthorisedly absent when the chairperson carried out a surprise inspection, however, majority of the employees were suspended for their failure to maintain cleanliness at the shrines, mosques and in associated sanitary complexes.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed an inquiry officer to check the reports about the ‘negligent professional conduct’ in Government Medical College and Associated Hospital Anantnag.
In an order by Bhupinder Kumar, secretary to Government Health and Medical Education Department, a copy of which lies with news agency KDC reads “Sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of Dr Yashpal Sharma, Director (Coordination), New Government Colleges, J&K as Inquiry officer to enquire into the matter regarding maladministration in Government Medical College and Associated Hospital Anantnag.”
The Inquiry officer shall submit the report within a period of three weeks from the issuance of this order, reads the order issued by Bhupinder Kumar.
According to the official sources, government had released an amount of Rs 60 crores for the development of hospital in 2019. “The amount was used in a year. Even the tendering of different projects was not done,” they said. (KDC)
