CBI raids J&K LG ex-advisor’s residence in Srinagar

Srinagar : A week after Baseer Khan was removed as advisor to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the Central Bureau of Investigations carried out a raid at his Srinagar residence in connection with issuing of gun licences to ‘non-entitled persons’, official sources said on Tuesday.

The raids are being conducted in at least 40 locations in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country. Searches are underway at the houses of 25 former bureaucrats, officials and private persons, sources said.

The central agency is probing the issuing of large-scale gun licences that were procured from Jammu and Kashmir by submitting forged documents, including that of armed forces personnel.

Sources said that CBI teams raided the residence of Baseer Khan in Barzulla on Tuesday morning. A large contingent of police was also present along with the raiding teams.

The CBI has not issued any statement on the raid at the residence of the former LG advisor.

Khan was appointed as advisor to Sinha in March last year. He was also advisor to the first Lieutenant Governor of J&K Union Territory Girish Chandra Murmu.

Last week, Khan was relieved from his position as advisor and no reason was cited for his removal.

Khan was the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, when the union government scrapped J&K’s special status and divided the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.

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