STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday filed a case against eight AYUSH doctors following allegations of ‘extortion and blackmailing’ against them while running a self-styled Association.
Sources said that a Jammu based media house known for blackmailing was also supporting these doctors to run this racket of extortion and blackmailing.
“Crime Branch Kashmir has registered FIR 34/2021 under Sections 420, 120-B and 506 of IPC besides 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act in Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir against the eight doctors following a complaint,” officials said.
“A written complaint was received by Crime Branch Kashmir, alleging that a fake association of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy (AYUSH) Doctors is running within J&K while the complainant had also said that the Association was running on fake address without any true credentials,” they said adding that the complainant also alleged that the fake Association was also resorting to blackmailing, extortion, harassment to Indian System of Medicines (ISM) employees.
Subsequently, officials said, a preliminary verification was carried out at Crime Branch Kashmir.
During the course of probe, they said, it surfaced that the Association is not registered either with Registrar Societies or any Government Department.
“The letter head used by the self-styled office bearers (8 doctors) was used on fictitious names and with different fake addresses,” they added. The self-styled office bearers are Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Parrey (President), Dr Zahoor Ahmad Tantray (Senior Vice President), Dr Shabir Ahmad Parray (Vice President), Dr Farooq Ahmad Naqshbandi (General Secretary), Dr Mohammad Amin Kawa (Joint Secretary) , Dr Javaid Hussian (Publicity Secretary), Dr Rayaz Ahmad Teli (Chief Organizer) and Dr Shiraz Ahmad Lone (Treasurer).
The probe, officials said, further revealed that members of the Association were threatening, blackmailing Indian System of Medicines employees with the departmental action, transfers and have collected huge amount in cash in the name of the Association. The investigation is in progress and will be concluded on its merits, they added.