J&K Conman Row: What incompetent admin that you were befooled 4 times, says Omar

National Conference vicepresident Omar Abdullah Saturday termed the Jammu and Kashmir administration incompetent after a conman posing as a PMO official got the requisite perks and claimed it was befooled four timesKiran Patel the fraudster hailing from Gujarat posed as an additional director strategy and campaigns in the Prime Ministers Office and enjoyed many perks including a bulletproof car and security cover besides other hospitalityPatel was on this third visit to the Kashmir Valley when he was nabbed by security officials on March 3Addressing a party function here in the south Kashmir district Omar Abdullah said My colleagues are not provided security even after so many requests When they have to travel and seek an escort the police say they do not have any vehicle or personnel It is fine that you do not have a vehicle we cannot complain But when a fraudster comes from outside then you have the vehicle availableA person came from Gujarat and said he was an officer in the PMO but no one verified his claim the NC leader saidThey should have called the PMO to verify his credentials or a letter would have come from there We understand that you JK administration were befooled once but what incompetent government is this that you were befooled four times he saidThe former JK chief minister said the fraudster was provided with a bulletproof vehicle an escort at the front and the other at the back a room in a fivestar hotel and held meetings with officers every eveningReferring to Patels photographs and videos which have gone viral on social media the NC leader said Patel went to Gulmarg to inspect hotels there and even visited the Line of Control LoC in the Uri sector where confidential information may have been shared with himAlso read Gujarat conman posing as PMO official in Kashmir sent to judicial custodyHe went to Uri to LoC and was given a tour of the border We do not know what he was told there and what confidential things were told to him What government is this Omar Abdullah askedHe said fingers were being pointed out at a deputy commissioner but the reality is that the security was sanctioned by the police headquartersA retired officer was made to write that it is the fault of a DC deputy commissioner I was a chief minister myself a DC is no one to provide security That decision is taken at the police headquarters An ADGP decides whether to provide security or not The decision to provide a vehicle is taken in the secretariatA DC does not provide for the bill of a fivestar hotel the Finance Department the hospitality and protocol department clears that If this is not incompetence then what is he askedLashing out at the Jammu and Kashmir administration the National Conference vicepresident said this administration was not for providing succour to the people but only to please the PMOThis one Patel was arrested But we do not know how many frauds must have come here We do not know which hotel they stayed in Some say three came here and then left Is this a government This is the problem This government is not to provide succour to the people but to please the PMO This is the difference between an elected government and one thrusted from the above Omar Abdullah addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever