Centre Grants CBI Sanction to Prosecute Revenue Secy
Hindustan Times Ludhiana|January 01, 2025
Kumar Rajeev Ranjan was one among nine IAS officers who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

JAMMU: The Centre has granted prosecution sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, an IAS cadre officer, presently posted as secretary revenue department in Jammu and Kashmir in the infamous arms licence scam of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ranjan, who was the then Jammu deputy commissioner (DC), was one among nine IAS officers, who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations in Jammu and Kashmir to non-deserving persons.

In a letter to deputy solicitor general of India in the high court of J&K and Ladakh, Vishal Sharma, under-secretary to government of India in the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions, department of personnel and training, Pijush Mohanta conveyed that prosecution sanction against Kumar Rajeev Ranjan has been granted by the competent authority.

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