CB books 2 for selling State land

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 19: The Crime Branch (CB) Kashmir has produced a charge sheet before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam against two accused persons for illegally grabbing State land and selling it off to innocent people to extract a huge amount of money from them.
In a statement, the CB said that a charge sheet was produced in case FIR No: 33/2017 U/S 420, 120-B, 201-RPC of Police Station CBK against Nazir Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Parraypora Bhagat Srinagar, proprietor. M/s Gousia House Building Co-Operative Ltd and Mohammad Ayoub Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Hyderpora Srinagar proprietor of M/s Jawahar House Building Co-Operative Ltd Hyderpora Srinagar before the court of CJM Budgam for grabbing State land and selling it off.
“Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint for investigating the matter of perpetual lease deed executed by Mohammad Ayoub Dar in favour of Khursheed Ahmad with regard to the land comprising of one Kanal and 8 marlas under survey No. 276 min situated at Highland enclave Co-Operative Colony Gogoo Humhama,” the CB said.
It said that the report thereof sought from revenue authorities concerned along with other allied documents revealed that only 6 marlas of land is the proprietary land. However, the rest of the land is Khahcharai under Survey No. 276. The alleged accused Mohammad Ayoub Dar has leased out the land measuring one Kanal and 8 marals in favour of Khursheed Ahmad Dar and got it registered before the court illegally and fraudulently to grab the state land in question.
“On this count, FIR No. 33/ 2017 U/S 420, 468,471-RPC was registered, and investigation was set into motion. During the course of investigation, it came to fore that Mohammad Ayoub Dar had sold the residential plot to one Khursheed Ahmad Dar on perpetual lease deed against the consideration of Rs 20 lakh duly attested by the court, while as another person Nazir Ahmad Dar had already sold the plot to one Ashiq Ahmad Dar against the consideration of Rs 15 lakh for which an allotment letter, possession letter, receipt of money and site plan has been issued by the proprietor M/s Gousia House Building Co-Operative Ltd. namely Nazir Ahmad Dar,” the CB said.
The Crime Branch said it was found that the said accused Nazir Ahmad Dar had sold the plot clandestinely to benefit himself and causing loss to the purchaser. “The revenue records revealed that only six marlas of the land of plot No. 01/72 is recorded land property and the rest of the land is Khahcharai.”
The CB said that in this way the accused persons have dishonestly and fraudulently cheated the purchasers of the residential plot in which only 6 marlas of land is the property and the rest of the land is Kahchar.
“Both the accused persons have in league with each other and after hatching a criminal conspiracy and have played deception regarding the status of the land and did not reveal the fact of o1 kanal and 2 marlas being Khahcharai.”
As per the CB, the investigation conducted has revealed that the duo was found involved in grabbing the State land by selling it to innocent people against huge considerations. They have extracted an amount of Rs 15 lakh and 20 lakh respectively from victims Ashiq Ahmad Dar and Khursheed Ahmad Dar over the same plot of Khahcharai land.