Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 7: The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir today charge sheeted 10 accused in a fraudulent compensation case related to fictitious land acquisition in district Anantnag.
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As per a statement issued here, a charge-sheet has been filed in case FIR No. 12/2015 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, Anantnag.
Detailing the case, the CBK said that it pertains to the fraudulent release of compensation amounts in favour of non-existent beneficiaries whose land was “falsely” shown to have been “acquired” by the Government during the construction of the Verinag-Kokernag road via Batagund.
During investigation, “it was found that certain officials of the Revenue Department (the then Tehsildar Dooru, the then Naib Tehsildar Dooru, the then Girdawar Dooru and the then Patwari Dooru), in criminal conspiracy with private individuals, manipulated and forged revenue records to facilitate the illegal disbursement of compensation funds.”
Fictitious entries were allegedly made in official records to obtain wrongful monetary gains, causing significant loss to the State exchequer and undermining public trust, the CBK stated.
After thorough investigation and collection of evidence, the Economic Offences Wing of CBK filed the charge-sheet for judicial determination.
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