Srinagar,: In the infamous arms license scam involving many senior bureaucrats and arms dealers, the J&K High Court today dismissed a petition of one of the “arms dealers” who had challenged the eviction notice against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The petitioner arms dealer, Syed Akeel Shah, had challenged the eviction notice after his property was attached by the ED a few months ago.
It may be remembered that an array of very powerful bureaucrats that have served in Jammu and Kashmir and business dealers are facing investigations for illegally issuing 2.78 lakh arms licenses in exchange of money.
The accused involve Baseer Ahmad Khan (IAS), a former Advisor to J&K Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Ranjan (former DC, Kupwara), KAS officers Itrat Hussain (former DC, Kupwara) and Ravinder Kumar Bhatt (former ADC, Kupwara) and many others.
The investigating agencies have searched the residential compounds of the accused bureaucrat besides many arms dealers including Amarnath Bhargava (Varun Armoury), his brother Mukesh Bhargava (Bhargava Gun House), Surjeet Singh (Deshmesh Armoury), Mohinder Kotwal (Mohinder Kotwal Arms and Ammunition), Manohar Singh (Swaran Arms and Ammunition) and Devi Dayal Khajuria (Khajuria Arms).
The ED has attached the properties of many accused including the arms dealer Akeel Shah.
Shah had challenged the ED notice on the ground that the order of attachment of the property confirmed by…
