Srinagar, Dec 10: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against four accused in a multi-lakh land fraud case involving forged documents and cheating of multiple purchasers, officials said on Wednesday.
A CBK spokesperson told the chargesheet in FIR No. 18/2025, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120-B of the IPC, has been filed before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar.
The chargesheet names Shabir Ahmad Ganie, Bashir Ahmad Ganie, Javeed Ahmad Hakak—then posted as Patwari—and another Patwari who has since died.
The case was initiated on the basis of a joint complaint filed by several individuals who alleged they had purchased eight kanals of land through brokers.
Of this, four kanals were shown transferred in the name of one complainant under Khasra No. 92, two kanals in the name of another under Khasra No. 99, and the remaining two kanals in the name of the third complainant’s father. However, no valid documents were produced to establish the transfers.
Verification revealed that the mutation numbers provided by the brokers were forged, the spokesperson said.
During investigation, the EOW found that the accused had allegedly acted in criminal conspiracy to prepare fake land documents and mislead the complainants, extracting ₹25 lakh from them.
The investigation established prima facie evidence of cheating, forgery, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy, leading to the filing of the chargesheet for judicial proceedings, the spokesperson added.
The EOW said it remains committed to pursuing economic offences and ensuring accountability through professional investigation.(KNS).
