In a major crackdown on land grabbing mafia in J&K, police have arrested 4 revenue officers for transferring land in direction of dealers. About 21 locations located in the Union Territory have been raided. It is learned that more arrested are likely to happen concerning the case.
Police now investigating money laundering, disproportionate assets, invoking provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and PMLA. According to the sources, government records were hidden at the houses of the retired officials.
Earlier in 2020, the crime branch of J&K Police had unearthed a land scam in which 108-Kanal state land worth crores was transferred to the land-mafia by the Revenue officers on “fake and fraudulent documents”.
An FIR was registered against five persons concerning the case. It was learned that the huge state chunk of land of the Sunjwan area was allegedly transferred to four persons on fake documents.
The crime branch had identified Hassan Din, Fam Ali alias Fami, Fazal Hassain, and Rashad Ahmed, residents of Barmini in district Jammu as the beneficiaries.
Furthermore, an FIR was also registered for hatching a criminal conspiracy to fraudulently create the right of tenant and ownership rights over government land, against Abdul Majid from Jalalabad.
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