Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 10: Anti Corruption Bureau has produced charge-sheet against some Revenue officials and others for illegal sale of temple land at Udheywala.
Chargesheet in case FIR number 04/2011, has been produced against Dalip Singh, resident of A/E Extension Trikuta Nagar, Jammu and the then Patwari Muthi; Manohar Singh of Gole Gujral Talab Tillo, Jammu, the then Naib Tehsildar Muthi; Shanti Saroop of Peermitha, Jammu, then Tehsildar (AR) Jammu (Expired); Surinder Gupta of Nai Basti Satwari, the then Tehsildar Jammu (Expired); Babu Ram of village Mishriwalla, the then Patwari Muthi (Expired); Mahant Bawa Ram Milan Dass Chilla Baba Khem Dass of Ram Janki Temple Thakure Dawara Udheywala Jammu and Damodar Dass of village Kusmahi Buzarg Silloo P/S Lal Ganj District Basti Uttar Pradesh.
The said case was registered on 21.02.2011 on the basis of verification conducted into the allegations leveled by the complainant. During the course of investigation, it was established that that Baba Shri Ram Milan Dass (Mahant) was Pujari /custodian of the temple Thakur Dwara Shri Ram Janki Pracheen Mandir, Udheywala, Jammu and had no authority or competence to alienate/ transfer/lease out the land belonging to the said temple. However, the Mahant in order to take undue benefit to himself and wrongful loss to the temple, hatched a criminal conspiracy with the other accused Revenue officials , who issued the revenue extracts for execution of sale and lease deeds illegally and later on entered and attested mutations of different pieces of land.
This action on their part individually as well as collectively was found to be illegal and sheer abuse of their official positions and powers in order to confer undue benefit to Mahant Bawa Ram Milan Dass and wrongful loss to the temple, which constitutes the commission of criminal misconduct as defined under the provisions of the PC Act under a well-knit conspiracy plan to dispose of 150 kanals of land belonging to the temple situated in villages Muthi and Paloura.
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