Corruption a major challenge: J&K CM

Jammu and Kashmir government today admitted that corruption was a major challenge in the state with various anti-graft agencies having received more than 5,000 complaints in this regard.
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed attributed the pile-up of large number of cases to various processes which 'take a lot of time'.
In a written reply in the Legislative Assembly to a question by Qamar Hussain on whether state government plans to review the procedure for obtaining sanction for prosecution of guilty former ministers, ex-legislators, bureaucrats, ex-police officers, Sayeed said, "No such proposal is under consideration of the government."
"Corruption is a major challenge for the government and its adverse effects on the society cannot be underestimated," he said.

On another question about delay in solving pending cases, he said, "Collection of relevant records required in investigation takes a lot of time.
"Obtaining records from the government of India in cases also needs time. Expert opinion from various agencies like FSL, Forest, Industries, Agriculture, etc, take time. It requires a lot of manpower to finalise the case," he said.
Listing details of complaints received by anti graft agencies, he said the vigilance organisation received 5,946 complaints out of which 3,641 were found valid, the state vigilance commission received 2,327 complaints out of which 1,404 were disposed and the crime branch received 37 complaints out of which five were disposed.