Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Police today registered an FIR against a Srinagar-based husband-wife duo accused of defrauding people of crores of rupees through forged documents, fabricated land records, and false assurances of high-value property deals.
The FIR, a copy of which is with Daily Excelsior, was registered after City Judge/JMIC Srinagar Abdul Bari, in an order dated November 15, observed that the material placed before the court disclosed the commission of cognizable offenses, warranting a full-fledged police investigation.
The accused have been identified as Jan Mohammad Dar, son of Mohammad Ismail Dar of Murran Pulwama (presently residing at Chattabal), and his wife, Bilquees Akhtar, an employee of the Social Welfare Department posted at DSWO Srinagar. Police said the accused allegedly cheated people using forged papers.
According to the complaint and documents examined by the court, the couple projected themselves as facilitators of high-value land and property deals in Srinagar and its outskirts. They allegedly collected crores of rupees from multiple individuals after showing forged ownership papers, false revenue extracts, and fabricated agreements and making exaggerated claims about their influence in securing prime land.
Sources said the duo would disappear from the transaction once the money changed hands, leaving victims entangled in disputes over land that either did not exist, was already under litigation, or belonged to someone else.
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