CBK charge sheets 6 in fake documents case

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 15: Crime Branch Kashmir today filed a charge sheet against six persons for producing fake revenue documents.
The CBK said that its Economic Offence Wing produced a charge-sheet in case before the Court of Anti-Corruption Baramulla against Ghulam Haider Mir son of Munshi Atta Mohammad Mir of Kanthbagh Baramulla then Patwari Heaven Sheeri Baramulla (Retired), Jaswant Singh son of Ujagar Singh of Shrakhwar Baramulla presently living in Kunjawani Bandurakh Gangyal Jammu then Naib Tehsildar Baramulla Now retired ACR Udhampur, Abdul Rashid Khan son of Hussa-u-din Khan of Gantmulla Bala Baramulla then Girdawar Circle Heaven (Deceased), Mohamed Ashraf Lone son of Mohamed Yousuf Lone of Budden Saripora Rafiabad then Patwari Heaven Sheeri Baramulla (Deceased), Firdous Sultan Raina son of Ghulam Hassan Raina of Usmanabad Kupwara (then Tehsildar Baramulla retired ACR Kupwara) (Deceased) and Mohammed son of Ramzan of Jogiyar Sheeri Baramulla beneficiary (Deceased).
The spokesman stated that the case had been registered upon a written communication received from the then State Vigilance Commission, wherein it was alleged that erstwhile Government had notified/acquired land measuring 98.16 Kanals at Narwav Shareenabad Sheeri Baramulla for irrigation Department in the year 1968 and compensation thereof was paid to the beneficiaries. The land was encroached by local residents with the help of concerned Revenue authorities, accordingly a Case FIR No. 04/2015 of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir was registered and investigation set into the motion.
“During the course of investigation, it was established that the accused persons in connivance with each other have prepared false/ fabricated revenue documents in the name of various beneficiaries in the year 1982 and thereby illegally transferred the land in the name of said beneficiary by virtue of fake mutation U/S 4&8 of Agrarian Reforms Act,” the statement said.
“The evidence both oral as well as documentary collected has established that five accused have by abuse of their official position and in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy hatched between them with the sixth accused have managed the illegal mutations in respect of land already notified/ acquired and compensated by the government in the year 1968. The act omitted and committed have prima facie disclosed the commission of offence U/S 420, 467, 468, 120-B, 447-A RPC r/w 5(2) PC Act and accordingly challan of the said case produced in the court of law for judicial determination,” read the statement.