Jammu (IANS) | The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the movement of Kiran Patel, who impersonated as a ‘PMO officer’, in the union territory, an official said. Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) has been appointed as the inquiry officer, who has been asked to submit his report within a week, in an order issued by the Home Department.
The order states: The appointment of Vijay Kumar Bidhuri as Inquiry Officer is approved to inquire into various aspects relating to Kiron Patel’s visit to Kashmir and security arrangements during the last months.
The inquiry officer shall identify the lapse on the part of the concerned officers and submit a detailed report within a week, the order said. Kiran Patel was on his third visit to the Kashmir Valley when he was arrested by the police on March 2 from a 5-star hotel in Srinagar.
Police told the court: He had prima facie forged and forged certain documents including some visiting cards, on the basis of which he had impersonated not only an individual or a group but very high strata of the society, including high officials of the civil administration and police officers cheated.
He managed to get Z-category security, bullet-proof vehicle and openly enjoyed the five-star protocol for quite some time, the police said. The documents, visiting card and cell phone of the accused person have been sent for FSL investigation, on the basis of which the alleged offense has been compounded, however the FSL investigation report has not been received by the investigating agency.
The report also states that the investigation conducted so far reveals that the accused visited the most sensitive places and areas of the Kashmir Valley, which are highly guarded and extremely sensitive with respect to the present security scenario of Kashmir. This aspect of the case needs to be thoroughly investigated by the machinery as to how and for what motive and purpose the accused had gone to these places and areas.
There is ample material available on file, which is indicative of the fact that while meeting different and varied people and holding meetings with high officials of civil administration and police, the accused received huge amount of money for various purposes areas that have not yet been investigated. No recovery has been made by the investigating agency so far, therefore a detailed and thorough investigation is required so far as this area of the case is concerned.
The police report states, “A careful study of the case diary file and material available on record shows that during this entire period some more persons have been closely associated with the accused person, whose nexus with the accused person requires proper investigation.” Is.
–IANS
