Cracking down on organised land fraud, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge sheet in a ₹50 lakh cheating case involving forged records and criminal conspiracy, naming four accused for duping a buyer by selling inaccessible wetland land under the guise of prime property in Srinagar.
In a statement, The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge sheet in FIR No. 02/2025 under Sections 420 and 471 read with Section 120-B of the RPC before the Hon’ble Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against four accused persons for their alleged involvement in a large-scale land fraud case.
Statement further reads, The charge sheet has been filed against Mohd Afzal Sheikh, son of Late Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, resident of Gopalpora, Chadoora, Budgam; Mohd Sikander Dar, son of Ghulam Mohd Dar, resident of Chainabal Mirgund, Pattan, Baramulla; and Ali Mohd Dar, son of Mohd Ibrahim Dar, resident of Chainabal Mirgund, Pattan, Baramulla.
The case originated from a written complaint alleging that in September 2022, the complainant was induced by the accused land brokers and the landowner to purchase four kanals of land situated at Revenue Estate Ranbirgarh–Pratapgarh, Srinagar, it reads.
The complainant was shown revenue records, Naqsh-e-Amini, and geo-tagged photographs to establish the ownership and location of the land. Relying on these representations, the complainant paid ₹50 lakh, after which the sale deed was registered and possession was handed over, it reads.
Subsequently, the complainant discovered that the land shown at the site did not correspond to the land mentioned in the sale deed. Investigation revealed that the complainant was shown accessible land falling under Survey No. 207, whereas the land actually sold was under Survey No. 94, which is a wetland with no approach access, it reads.
The probe further established that the accused, in connivance with one another, forged and misused documents to defraud the complainant, it reads.
The investigation conclusively established a well-hatched criminal conspiracy. Accordingly, the charge sheet has been filed for judicial adjudication, reads the statement.