Srinagar, Dec 13: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, Kashmir, has filed a chargesheet before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against four persons in connection with an alleged land-sale fraud involving ₹53 lakh, officials said.
The chargesheet, as per statement issued to KNS, has been filed in FIR No. 23/2025 against Tariq Ahmad Hajam, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Mohammad Sultan Mir alias Sulla and Abdul Razaq Mir, all residents of Barthana Qamarwari area of Srinagar, under Sections 420 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code.
According to officials, the case was registered on a complaint alleging that the accused had fraudulently obtained ₹53 lakh from the complainant and his father on the pretext of selling a piece of land.
However, after receiving the money, the accused allegedly sold the same land to other parties and transferred portions of it to their family members.
Investigations revealed that the accused, acting in connivance with each other, entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat the complainant in a deal involving 2.09 kanals of land at Estate Barthana in Srinagar, officials said, adding that both oral and documentary evidence collected during the probe supported the allegations.
With the filing of the chargesheet, the case is now ready for judicial proceedings, officials said.(KNS).
