Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Jammu charge sheeted 9 accused allegedly involved in encroachment of Government land belonging to Irrigation Department and establishment of business units, including a petrol pump at village Dhok Jourian in Akhnoor.
Charge-sheet in case FIR number 84/2016, under Section 420, 447-A, 120-B RPC, read with 5(2) PC Act P/S EOW, CB, Jammu, was produced against Swarn Singh, son of Lt Jhandu Ram; Manjeet Singh, son of Swarn Singh ( both residents of Ward No. 6 Jourian, Tehsil); Jai Paul (the then XeN Irrigation Division Akhnoor), resident of Pandoka Colony, Paloura, Jammu; Ashok Nanda (the then AEE Irrigation Division Akhnoor), resident of Green Enclave Rehari Colony, Jammu; Krishan Lal , son of Mahin Ram of Rattanpur, Jourian; Guldev Raj, son of Baisakhi Ram of Pandori Manhasa, Bishnah, Jammu; Baldev Singh son of Dhama Ram, resident of Ward No. 5, Tehsil Jourian (these three posted as then Incharge Ziladar Irrigation Division Akhnoor); Randeep Singh (the then Work Supervisor Irrigation Division Akhnoor), resident of Agore, Bhalwal, Jammu and Jagat Ram (Now Expired), resident of Chak Bhagwan, Jourian.
The case owes its origin that a written complaint lodged by Aman Choudhary, son of Darshan Lal of Friends Lane Talab Tillo, Jammu alleging therein that one Manjeet Singh and his father Swarn Singh, both residents of Jourian, District-Jammu have constructed building which they have given to SBI on rent and also installed a Petrol Pump on the State land (Irrigation Deptt.) encroached by them with the connivance of the Revenue Department, Irrigation Department and the Hindustan Petroleum Company Ltd, situated at D6-A Canal of Irrigation Department, Jourian. The complainant further alleged that the above said accused with intention to cause wrongful loss to the State exchequer had managed to obtain fake and fraudulent title over the land for establishing business concerns.
On receipt of the complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated and during the course of investigation documentary/oral evidence were collected, together with the circumstantial evidence. The offences were established against the accused persons following which the charge sheet was produced in the Court of law for judicial determination.
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