The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge-sheet against ten accused including senior officers of the revenue department for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent compensation case related to fictitious land acquisition in Anantnag district.
The chargesheet was produced yesterday before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Anantnag in a case registered in 2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The case pertained 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.
The EOW said 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 Pathwari 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.
After thorough investigation and collection of evidence, the Economic Offences Wing the charge-sheet before the Court for judicial determination.
