Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Police in Ganderbal today arrested an imposter who had been posing as a land broker, cheating many.
Authorities said the accused was cheating innocent people by falsely presenting disputed and Government land as his own.
He has been identified as Javid Ahmad Gojree, son of Ali Mohammad Gojree, a resident of Rangil, Ganderbal.
According to the police, he allegedly deceived multiple people by showing them land which, upon verification, “was found to be either disputed or Government-owned, thereby inducing them to invest under false pretences.”
During the investigation, police said it emerged that the accused is a habitual offender and has previously been involved in several criminal cases, including FIR No. 172/2018 U/S 447, 427 RPC; FIR No. 136/2018 U/S 341, 323 RPC; FIR No. 127/2019 U/S 341, 352, 504, 323 RPC; FIR No. 232/2023 U/S 420, 120-B IPC; and FIR No. 17/2026 U/S 217, 336(1), 340(2) BNS.
“The accused has been booked earlier for offences involving cheating, forgery, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and related crimes,” police said.
Police added that multiple complaints were received from aggrieved persons who later discovered that the land shown and claimed by the accused as his own was either under dispute or belonged to the government.
“The investigation in the cases is in progress,” police said, urging the general public to verify land records thoroughly and deal only with authorised and genuine brokers before making any land-related transactions.
Trending Now
E-Paper
Follow our WhatsApp channel