Srinagar, Dec 20: The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 08/2021 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, against five accused persons, including four senior revenue officials.
It said that the accused have been identified as Smt. Nusrat Aziz, then Tehsildar Settlement, Srinagar, Shahbaz Bodha, then Tehsildar South, Srinagar and presently posted as ACR; Mohd Yaseen Kalla, son of Ghulam Mohammad Kalla, then Patwari, Estate Balhama and presently posted as OQ Channapora, resident of Shamaswari, Khankahi Moula near Gandhi College, Srinagar; Ashiq Ali, then Patwari Settlement, Srinagar and presently posted as Patwari, Litter, Pulwama and Riyaz Ahmad Bhat.
The case originated from a complaint wherein the complainants alleged that they had purchased two plots of land measuring 01 Kanal 07 Marlas each, along with an additional 14½ Marlas, situated at Balhama, Srinagar, through registered sale deeds executed by accused Riyaz Ahmad Bhat. Possession of the land was duly handed over, and mutations bearing Nos. 121, 122 and 67 were lawfully attested in favour of the complainants.
During investigation, it was revealed that the accused seller, in criminal conspiracy with the Revenue Officials, fraudulently manipulated official records and illegally cancelled the valid mutations, thereby dishonestly restoring ownership rights in favour of the seller.
This enabled the resale of the same land to other parties, causing wrongful loss to the complainants and corresponding unlawful gain to the accused.
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