Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 10: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir today filed a chargesheet in a multi-lakh land fraud case against four accused, including Revenue officials.
According to a statement issued by the CBK, the chargesheet in FIR No. 18/2025 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120-B of the IPC was submitted before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, for allegedly preparing and using fake land documents to cheat unsuspecting purchasers.
The accused have been identified as Shabir Ahmad Ganie, Bashir Ahmad Ganie, Javeed Ahmad Hakak (then Patwari) and another Patwari who is now deceased.
Detailing the case, the CBK said the investigation stemmed from a joint complaint by multiple victims who had purchased 8 kanals of land through brokers.
“Of this, 4 kanals were shown transferred in the name of one complainant under Khasra No. 92, 2 kanals in the name of another under Khasra No. 99, and the remaining 2 kanals in the name of the third complainant’s father,” the agency said.
Despite these purported transfers, the complainants were never provided with valid documents.
“Subsequent verification revealed that the mutation numbers shared by the brokers were forged and fabricated,” the EOW said.
During the investigation at Police Station EOW Srinagar, it emerged that the accused, acting in criminal conspiracy, had prepared fake land documents and misled the complainants into believing the transactions were genuine.
“In doing so, they extracted Rs 25 lakh, causing substantial financial loss to the victims,” the statement said.
The CBK said the probe established prima facie evidence of cheating, forgery, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy.
“Accordingly, the chargesheet has been produced before the court for judicial determination,” it added.
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