Srinagar, Sept. 2 -- A Special Anti-Corruption Court in Srinagar has acquitted senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar Andrabi, along with two former officials of the J&K Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC), in a 2019 corruption case.
Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Surinder Singh, in a 27-page order passed on August 29, ruled that the charges were "groundless" and dismissed the chargesheet filed in 2021. "No case for framing of charge against the accused is made out... accused shall stand discharged accordingly. Their bail bonds shall stand discharged," the order stated.
The Crime Branch of J&K Police had filed an FIR in 2019 against Akhtar, then JKPCC managing director Vikar Mustafa Shonthu, and company secretary Neeru C...