Srinagar/Dec, 4 : The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a significant land fraud case involving a businessman and two retired revenue officials for their alleged role in the illegal mutation of land in Srinagar.
The chargesheet has been submitted before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar in FIR No. 79/2022 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the RPC, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to the prosecution, the accused include Habibullah Bhat, a businessman from Omarhair Buchpora, Mohammad Rajab Reshi, a retired Naib Tehsildar from Brein Nishat, and Syed Khurshid Ahmad, then Patwari from Watalbagh Lar area of Ganderbal.
The case originates from a written complaint alleging that a fraudulent land mutation measuring 10 marlas under Khasra Nos. 467 and 468 at Zoonimar Eidgah, Srinagar, was illegally entered in official records in favour of the beneficiary under the false claim of a sale deed.
During investigation, the Crime Branch found that no sale deed with Registration No. 1693 dated September 8, 2003, as cited in official records, was ever registered by the concerned Sub-Registrar.
Investigators concluded that the accused, acting in criminal conspiracy, fabricated revenue records and secured fraudulent mutation entries based on a non-existent deed. The involvement of all three accused has been established at a prima facie level, leading to the submission of the chargesheet for judicial scrutiny.
Officials said the filing of the chargesheet marks the completion of investigation and the commencement of the legal process in court. The case will now proceed for trial under the relevant provisions of law.
