Crime Branch files chargesheet against 5 in migrant property fraud case
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against five accused persons in a case involving alleged cheating, forgery and fraudulent sale of migrant property in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The chargesheet in FIR No. 34/2017 under Sections 420, 419, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) has been filed before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Sopore, officials said.
The case was registered following a written complaint alleging the fraudulent sale of 14 kanals and three marlas of land at Mouza Wussan, Goshbugh Pattan, owned by Jawahar Lal Bhat. The complainant alleged that despite making payments exceeding Rs 1 crore, possession of the land was not handed over and the amount was not refunded.
According to the investigation, the accused allegedly conspired to cheat the complainant through impersonation, fabricated identity documents and misuse of a purported Power of Attorney.
The accused have been identified as Brij Nath, son of Tara Chand, a resident of Amit Nagar Muthi, Jammu; Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Dar, son of Abdul Khaliq Dar, a resident of Samson, Budgam; Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, son of Abdul Ahad Sheikh, a resident of Sachin Banit, Beerwah, Budgam; Zahoor Ahmed Dar, son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar, a resident of Margipora, Pattan; and Reyaz Ahmad Rather, son of Mohammad Sultan Rather, a resident of Margaripora, Pattan, Baramulla.
Two of the accused, Brij Nath, also known by the aliases Soom Nath, Hadi Nath and Mohan Lal, and Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Dar, were arrested in late September. While Dar subsequently secured bail, Brij Nath remains lodged in Central Jail, officials said.
Other cases involving both accused are also under investigation.
The EOW Srinagar had earlier filed a chargesheet in August 2023 in Case FIR No. 27/2021 against Brij Nath Bhat, son of late Tara Chand Bhat, and Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, son of Abdul Ahad Sheikh, of Sachen Bannet, Beerwah, Budgam. The latest chargesheet is the second filed against both accused, according to the Crime Branch. — (KIMS)
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