CBI books 17 in Roshni scam case
The Hindu
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked 17 persons, including senior revenue department officials, for allegedly extending ownership rights to ineligible persons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg under the now repealed Roshni Act.
Among those named in the FIR are the then Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) Mahboob Iqbal; District Collector Nasir Khan; Chief Executive Officer of the Gulmarg Development Authority Farooq Ahmed Lone; Additional Deputy Commissioner Farooq Ahmed Shah; Assistant Commissioner Rafiq Ahmad; then Tourism Department’s Joint Director Samad Hafiz; and tehsildar Garib Singh.
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