Srinagar, Aug 20 : The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case in a major financial scam involving misappropriation of government funds and tampering with J&K PaySys software in the Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir.
According to ACB, a preliminary enquiry revealed that two officials posted in the Accounts Section — Javed Ahmad Bhat, Junior Assistant (then In-charge Bill Clerk) and Tawseef Dilshad Zargar, MTS (then Assistant to Bill Clerk) fraudulently manipulated the government’s sensitive PaySys system. The duo allegedly altered account numbers of genuine agencies and replaced them with their own or those of close relatives, diverting lakhs of rupees into private accounts.
The enquiry established that the accused, by abusing their positions and acting in conspiracy, caused huge loss to the government exchequer for their personal gains.
FIR No. 16/2025 has been registered under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC against the two officials and others involved. The investigation has been taken up.
