Jammu, February 20: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced on Thursday that it has filed charges against two family members of an IAS officer from Jammu and Kashmir, previously named in a case regarding disproportionate assets. According to CBI sources, the agency has taken action against family members of Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, a 2010 batch IAS officer, for accumulating assets exceeding their lawful income. Rajeev Ranjan is currently serving as the secretary for both the revenue and the labor and employment departments in Jammu and Kashmir and has already been implicated in an ongoing CBI investigation.
Raids were conducted by the agency at seven locations on Wednesday, including Ranjan’s office in Jammu and various properties associated with him in Varanasi, Srinagar, and Gurugram. In addition to his current troubles, Ranjan is also charged in a case involving an arms license racket that took place while he served as the deputy commissioner in Kupwara district of the Kashmir Valley.
The CBI has been investigating the arms license racket since 2019, uncovering significant irregularities in the issuance of arms licenses, some of which were allegedly issued to individuals not residing in Jammu and Kashmir for financial gain. Ranjan is not the only IAS officer linked to this scam; the CBI has filed an FIR against eight IAS officers, including Ranjan, concerning the arms license scandal. The Government of India granted approval for prosecuting Ranjan and others in November 2024.
Additionally, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday filed charges against the former Managing Director of the Cooperative Housing Corporation and others for the illegal allocation of state land in Jammu. It is alleged that the housing board in Bajalta, Jammu, purchased 392 Kanals of land at various sites and, in collusion with board officials and revenue department personnel, wrongfully occupied approximately 584 Kanals of land, which included state property.
