‘PDD meter reader owns banquet hall, gym, land, Audi car’

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a case against an employee of the Power Development Department (PDD) and his family here after he was found in possession of assets worth crores of rupees which were highly disproportionate to his known source of income, officials said.

The case was registered after a verification revealed that Meter Reader in PDD Surinder Singh had accumulated both immovable as well as moveable assets which included 7.8 acres of land in various parts of Jammu, one banquet hall, one gym and construction business which was beyond the reach of a public servant of his stature, a spokesperson of the ACB said.