Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 25: The Crime Branch Kashmir has presented charge-sheet against seven persons before the Court of Judge Small Causes, Srinagar in a case of Rs 15.55 lakh worth fraud committed with the State Financial Corporation (SFC).
The accused, who have been charge-sheeted include Abdul Ahad Pandith, Abdul Hameed Gazi, Bushan Lal Matoo, Muhammad Shafi Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Bhat, Abdul Majeed Gazi and Bansi Lal Razdhan.
According to a statement issued by Bashir Ahmad Shah, Staff Officer to IGP Crime Branch J&K, the FIR was registered on a written complaint received from Ghulam Qadir Malla S/o Abdul Majeed Malla R/o Guzarbal Chattabal alleging that he has received a notice from the SFC Srinagar wherein he was shown to have taken Rs 15.55 lakh worth loan for purchase of vehicles but, in fact, he had not even applied for such a loan.
He further alleged that some persons in league with officials of the SFC Srinagar managed to avail the loan facility to the tune of Rs 2.07 lacs for purchase of a truck bearing Registration No: JKE-6974 in the name of complainant without his consent and knowledge.
“The investigation conducted by Crime Branch Kashmir has substantiated on the strength of cogent evidence that the accused persons in furtherance of criminal conspiracy had resorted to manipulation/fabrication of documents purported to have been submitted by the applicant before SFC, Srinagar,” the statement said adding that on the basis of these fabricated documents accused officials of the SFC have knowingly and dishonestly released an amount of Rs 2.07 lakhs as loan facility for purchase of truck No: JKE-6974.
The documents submitted and processed by the accused persons were subjected to examination by forensic experts and the opinion received has not only declared the documents as fake and forged but linked accused Abdul Ahad Pandith, Abdul Hameed Gazi, Bushan Lal Matoo and Abdul Majeed Gazi as authors of the forged documents.
“In this manner the investigation has found that the accused persons under a well designed conspiracy have dishonestly succeeded to sanction a loan facility to the tune of Rs 2.07 lakhs in favour of the complainant without his knowledge by resorting to falsification of documents and have thereby conferred under pecuniary advantage upon themselves against a corresponding loss to the Corporation and liability of Rs 15,55,000 on the complainant,” it said.
The statement said that the accused persons namely Abdul Ahad Pandith, Abdul Hameed Gazi and Abdul Majeed Gazi have been remanded to Central Jail Srinagar on the orders of court of jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch Kashmir has also presented charge sheet of another case before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar against two accused persons namely Bashir Ahmad Rah and Nazir Ahmad Rah sons of Abdul Rehman Rah R/o Gunz Khud Dabtal, Srinagar .
The case was registered at Crime Branch Kashmir police station on April 28, 2016 on a written complaint lodged by a woman Jameela. It was alleged that the non-applicants/ accused have sought permission for raising construction of a house situated at Gunz Khud Srinagar by fraudulent means after resorting to fraud signatures and thumb impression of the complainant on the application form.
The investigation revealed that besides accused Bashir Ahmad Rah and Nazir Ahmad Rah, Abdul Rashid Rah husband of the complainant Jameela, and Saleema, Naseema, Shaheena and Zemal are having ownership rights over the said property as per revenue records.
The statement said that ownership rights of the said persons are devolved upon them in terms of mutation No: 1733 as per the revenue record collected/seized during the course of investigation.
The investigation has further revealed that in the devastating floods of September 2014, the subject matter property got damaged and in order to raise construction afresh, the accused Bashir Ahmad Rah and Nazir Ahmad Rah had approached the office of Municipal Corporation Srinagar for necessary permission to raise construction of the damaged house.
It was further found that office of Municipal Corporation had issued permission in terms of order No: 272 dated 22-04-2015 on fast-track basis in favour of the accused brothers. The investigation revealed that subsequent to grant of building permission, the complainant through his son Abid Rashid has made a representation to Assistant Commissioner Revenue Srinagar that permission granted in favour of the said persons is not based on facts but has been issued fraudulently because of the fact that the ownership rights of the property vests in five other persons namely Saleema, Shaheena, Naseema and Zeemal and the husband of the complainant Abdula Rashid Rah while as the accused persons have dishonestly concealed actual ownership of the property and secured permission fraudulently in their favour.
It was further found that subsequent to this representation the permission granted in terms of the order No. 272 was kept in abeyance by the office of Municipal Corporation Srinagar. The investigation has also revealed that another application attributed to all the claimants has been made by accused persons before the Municipal Corporation Srinagar for grant of permission.
The application includes the name of the son of the complainant at serial No. 2. However during examination Abid Rashid disowned making of such application and signatures attributed to him on such application. The Srinagar Municipal Corporation was found to have issued another permission vide order No. 818 of 2015 dated 23-12-2015 on the basis of above said application reflecting the name of all the persons having ownership rights over the property.
During investigation it a was found imperative to ascertain genuineness or otherwise of signatures on the application attributed to Abid Rashid son of the complainant and after subjecting the signatures to examination by forensic expert , it was detected that accused Bashir Ahamd Rah is the author of the signatures and, as such, was found to have resorted to forgery.
The investigation has found that accused persons have dishonestly and fraudulently resorted to falsification of documents and succeeded to obtain building permission fraudulently to deprive the complainant of her share in the property, the statement said.
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