ACB registers FIR over illegal construction, encroachment in Srinagar
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Srinagar, has registered an FIR following a Joint Surprise Check and subsequent verification into alleged illegal construction of a multi-storey building in the flood basin and fringe area of River Jhelum at Rajbagh, Srinagar.
According to the ACB, FIR No. 10/2026 was registered after verification revealed alleged violations in the grant and subsequent modification of building permissions, including a substantial increase in the plinth area and height of the building without obtaining mandatory No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the concerned departments.
The verification also allegedly revealed encroachment of approximately 2.9 kanals of State/Kahcharai land, besides construction over drainage infrastructure and within the prohibited river-fringe area.
The FIR names then Senior Town Planner, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), Muneer Ahmad Khan; then Joint Commissioner Planning, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), R.K. Tutoo; then In-charge Assistant Town Planner, SMC, Ulfat Jan; other concerned officials; and beneficiaries Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh and Parveena Akhter.
The accused have been booked for alleged abuse of official position, criminal conspiracy and facilitation of unauthorised construction and encroachment.
The case has been registered under Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006, along with Sections 447-A, 468 and 120 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) and other applicable provisions.
Further investigation in the case is underway. — (KIMS)
