SMC Mayor seeks LG’s intervention to investigate alleged corruption
Without naming, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu Friday alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (JKACB) has found that a National Conference representative has accepted a bribe of Rs.1.05 Crore.
In a series of Tweets, Junaid Mattu said, more than a week after a JKACB preliminary investigation found that an elected representative from JKNC has accepted a total amount of 1.05 crores as bribes into his personal bank account from Jan 2020 to Sept 2022. What this cabal has accepted in cash is a different story.
While this group of individuals, curated, patronized and mentored by JKNC and one of their SENIOR-MOST leaders has perpetuated the worst spree of loot and plunder – conning and duping gullible people —- there are those busy giving them covering fire by creating distractions, he said.
“An entire “front” has been created —- which ironically includes elected representatives with bribes in their own accounts —- to try and cover up perhaps the most brazen scam in the history of this country by a JKNC leader. That is the sole purpose and motivation of this gang”, SMC Mayor Junaid Mattu alleged.
The JKACB has had this information for almost a year now — both formally and informally. This elected representative continues to sit in an office and intimidate/threaten witnesses every single day. Never has such a mockery of the rule of law been made, SMC Mayor in a Tweet said.
What is rather being done is that this JKNC cabal is being allowed to malign/defame and vilify others despite an unambiguous restraining order from the Hon’ble Court against their self-styled “President”. A clear contempt of court. Why are the Police and JKACB SO helpless?, Junaid Mattu asked.
“I request our Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to ensure that the criminals are brought to justice and the gullible citizens they have extorted, conned and plundered get to see justice. I have absolutely no doubt that office of LG Sinha office will ensure swift, visible justice”, Junaid Mattu said.
Earlier this month, SMC Mayor Junaid Mattu alleged that lakh of rupees has been transferred to elected representatives in SMC to facilitate illegal constructions.
