CBI Raids Former LG Advisor Baseer Khan’s House In Srinagar

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 Srinagar:  Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday raided the house of Baseer Ahmad Khan, a week after he was relieved as advisor to J&K’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. 

Official sources told GNS that a team of CBI from New Delhi accompanied by local police carried the raid at the house of Basheer Ahmed Khan, a retired IAS officer who lives in Bulbul Bagh, Baghat area of Srinagar.

Sources said the raid is going on and it is said it was carried in connection of a fake gun license racket.

Baseer Khan, who remained as advisor to former Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and his successor Manoj Sinha from March 2020, was relieved after a CBI top brass reportedly informed the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India about his involvement in the gun license racket.

Subsequently, the MHA relieved Baseer Khan from the post of an Advisor. Even in the order issued by the government to relieve Khan had mentioned MHA’s reference. 
 
J&K dated 4th October, 2021, of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Baseer Ahmad Khan (Retired IAS:2000) is hereby relieved from the post of Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with immediate effect,” reads the order. 
 
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