SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday filed a charge sheet before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against four accused persons involved in a fake property deal.
The accused have been identified as Ab. Wahid Khan, son of Ab. Qayoom Khan, resident of Khan Mohalla Baghat-e-Barzulla; Mohd Yousuf Malik, son of Late Mohd Ramzan Malik, resident of Nai Sarak Habba Kadal, presently Natipora; Mohd Ashraf Mir, son of Gh. Nabi Mir, resident of Hakhripora, Pulwama; and Mohd Maqbool Shah, son of Late Shamas-ud-Din Shah, resident of Peerbagh, Srinagar.
In a statement, the Crime Branch said the case originated from a complaint alleging that the complainants, who intended to purchase a house with land, were approached by the accused posing as property dealers.
The accused allegedly presented a double-storey house with 1 kanal and 5 marlas of land at Chinar Colony, Baghat-e-Barzulla, owned by Mst. Koshaliya, widow of Jawahar Lal Rafiz.
The statement said the accused prepared false sale documents and induced the complainants to pay ₹1.16 crore. The accused then allegedly inflated the sale amount and extracted an additional ₹50 lakh, taking the total to ₹1.66 crore. The complainants were neither handed possession of the property nor refunded their money.
The investigation established that the accused conspired together and executed forged documents to misappropriate the complainants’ hard-earned money. Consequently, a charge sheet in FIR No. 14/2018 under Sections 420, 468, 471 read with 120-B of the RPC was filed before the court.
During proceedings, the court remanded Mohd Yousuf Malik and Mohd Maqbool Shah to judicial custody. — (KIMS)