SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu & Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 79/2022 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the RPC, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, before the Court of the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Srinagar.
The chargesheet has been filed against the accused Habibullah Bhat, businessman, son of Mohd Sultan Bhat, resident of Omarhair Buchpora; Mohammad Rajab Reshi, retired Naib Tehsildar, son of Haji Gh Ahmad Reshi, resident of Brein Nishat; and Syed Khurshid Ahmad, then Patwari, son of Lt Syed Mohd Amin, resident of Watalbagh Lar, Ganderbal.
The case originated from a written complaint alleging that a fraudulent mutation of 10 marlas of land under Khasra Nos. 467 and 468 at Zoonimar Eidgah, Srinagar, had been illegally executed in favour of the accused beneficiary on the basis of a fabricated sale deed.
During investigation, it was found that no sale deed bearing Registration No. 1693 dated 08.09.2003 had ever been registered by the concerned Sub-Registrar.
The investigation established that accused Habibullah Bhat, in criminal conspiracy with then Patwari Syed Khurshid Ahmad and then Naib Tehsildar Mohammad Rajab Reshi, manipulated revenue records and fraudulently recorded mutation entries on the basis of a non-existent sale deed.
The involvement of the accused in the commission of offences has been prima facie substantiated, and the chargesheet has accordingly been submitted for judicial determination.
The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch J&K reiterates its commitment to safeguarding public property and ensuring accountability against corruption and fraud. — (KIMS)