JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered three separate FIRs against serving or former government officials in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with alleged possession of disproportionate assets and alleged irregularities in the distribution of government foodgrains.
In the first case, the ACB registered FIR No. 06/2026 at Police Station ACB Jammu under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against Ashwani Kumar, an employee of the Motor Vehicle Department, Jammu. The case followed a verification into allegations that Kumar had acquired movable and immovable assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income, both in his own name and in the names of family members.
According to the ACB, the verification indicated accumulation of assets including shops, plots, flats and luxury vehicles. During the investigation, a search warrant was obtained from the court and a search was conducted at his residential premises in Vinayak Nagar, Muthi, Jammu, in the presence of independent witnesses and magistrates. Further investigation is underway.
In the second case, the ACB registered FIR No. 03/2026 at Police Station ACB Baramulla against Sheeba Inayat, JKAS, then Block Development Officer, Singhpora/Pattan, over allegations of possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
The ACB said the assets under scrutiny included bank balances, FDRs, LIC policies, jewellery and immovable properties, including a five-storey commercial shopping complex at Baramulla and plots of land in Baramulla, Gulmarg, Kreeri and Chowadi, Jammu. The FIR has been registered under Section 5(1)(e) read with Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006.
Following search warrants issued by the Anti-Corruption Court, Baramulla, searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of Sheeba Inayat, during which the ACB said incriminating material was seized. Investigation is continuing.
The third FIR, FIR No. 04/2026, was registered at Police Station ACB Baramulla against Sheeba Inayat, then Assistant Director, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (now FCS&CA), Baramulla, and Mohammad Shafi Rather alias Kandaman, then a salesman in the CA&PD Department, along with other public servants, over alleged irregularities in the distribution of government foodgrains between June 2013 and June 2015.
The ACB said its verification into alleged diversion and misappropriation of government foodgrains, manipulation of distribution and beneficiary records and improper accounting and remittance of government revenue revealed several discrepancies. These included alleged diversion of foodgrains between APL and BPL/AAY categories involving ₹26.32 lakh, an unexplained shortage of 16,763.77 quintals valued at approximately ₹1.67 crore, and discrepancies involving 6,120.13 quintals valued at about ₹61.20 lakh.
The verification also indicated a probable short remittance or loss to the government exchequer of ₹6.74 lakh, besides what the ACB described as abnormal changes in the number of ration cards and households during the 2014 floods. The agency has assessed the alleged wrongful loss at ₹2.61 crore.
The case has been registered under relevant provisions of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006, along with Sections 409 and 120-B RPC. Searches were subsequently conducted at the residential and office premises of Sheeba Inayat and Mohammad Shafi Rather, during which the ACB said incriminating material was seized.
The ACB said investigation in all three cases is in progress.
