SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches in Srinagar on Thursday in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
A spokesman, in a statement said, ” ACB conducted searches in Srinagar related to a case under FIR number 01/2024 under section 13(1)(b) PS ACB Central, JK, Jammu, concerning the Disproportionate Assets of Inspr (S) Ameet Kumar Koul.”
“Based on reliable input, searches were immediately conducted by the team of ACB at Bhatt Guest House, Rajbagh, Srinagar, where 58 bottles of liquor of various brands were found in a room being used by Inspr(S) Ameet Kumar Koul,” the statement said.
It added that the searches were conducted in the presence of an Executive Magistrate and independent witnesses. “After the discovery of such a huge cache of liquor bottles, the matter was formally referred to SHO PS Rajbagh, Srinagar, to initiate a separate legal proceeding through an FIR,” the statement said, further noting that the investigation in the case is ongoing—(KNO).
