Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 21: The Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) today filed a charge sheet in a high-profile land fraud case implicating four senior Revenue officials and a land broker.
According to the CBK, the charge sheet in FIR No. 08/2021 was filed 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.
The accused have been identified as Nusrat Aziz, daughter of Abdul Aziz Lone, then Tehsildar Settlement, Srinagar, resident of Gurez and currently residing at Mehjoor Nagar, Srinagar; Shahbaz Bodha, son of Sher Ali Bodha, then Tehsildar South, Srinagar and now posted as ACR, Pulwama, resident of Dooru, District Anantnag; Mohd Yaseen Kalla, son of Ghulam Mohammad Kalla, then Patwari, Estate Balhama, presently posted as OQ Channapora, resident of Shamaswari, Khankahi Moula near Gandhi College, Srinagar; Ashiq Ali, son of Ghulam Rasool Khan, then Patwari Settlement, Srinagar, now posted as Patwari, Litter, Pulwama, permanent resident of Panner Jagir, Tral, currently residing at Hawal, Srinagar; and Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, resident of Nowgam, Srinagar.
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The case, as per the CBK, stems from a complaint in which the complainants alleged that they had purchased two plots of land measuring 1 Kanal 7 Marlas each, along with an additional 14½ Marlas at Balhama, Srinagar, through registered sale deeds executed by 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,” the CBK said.
The investigation revealed that the accused, in criminal conspiracy with 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.”
The probe further established that basic mutations were attested in favour of Riyaz Ahmad Bhat on predated documents “at a time when the concerned officers/officials were not even posted within the jurisdiction of the said Tehsil/Estate,” the CBK added.
“Based on the evidence collected during the course of investigation, including official records and documentary proof, sufficient material was found substantiating the commission of cognizable offences under the relevant provisions of law,” the CBK said.
The charge sheet has now been filed before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, for judicial determination.
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