17/07/2025
The Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) today carried out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar and Budgam Districts in connection with an FIR against seven persons including Tehsildar for corruption, cheating, false mutations and wrongful insertions in Revenue records.
The brief facts that led to the registration of instant case are that Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) received a written complaint, wherein it was alleged that the complainant had purchased a piece of land at Balhama measuring 5 Kanals 4 marlas @ Rs. 17 lakhs per Kanal from Mohammed Shafi Lone @ Shafi Cheeni S/o Abdul Ahad Lone R/o House No. 187 Sec. B Peerbagh Srinagar and prepared three sale deeds. The complainant paid Rs. 88,40,000/- to Mohammed Shafi Lone @ Shafi Cheeni. The complainant also gave 02 kanals of land situated at Gooripora Rawalpora to alleged accused in exchange, which was later-on sold by the accused. It was further alleged that sale deeds were taken back by the accused persons for updation of records; however, after their return it was found that insertions have been made in sale deeds by changing Khasra numbers from 314, 315 to 290, 325 to 316 and 312, 324 min and 290 was changed to 290. The complainant alleged that land was under her possession however one individual forcibly occupied 02 Kanals and 10 marlas from the said land, who claimed that the land was sold to him by one Rayaz Ahmad Bhat S/o Ghulam Mohammad Bhat R/o Nowgam Srinagar.
Upon receipt of this complaint, verification was initiated at P/S EOW Srinagar (Crime Branch Kashmir). During probe it has got prima facie substantiated that the accused have deceived the complainant and have inserted wrong survey numbers in the sale deeds in connivance with concerned Revenue officers and officials. During the Investigation, it has also surfaced that false mutations has been inserted afterwards in the Revenue records by the then Tehsildar Balhama Nusrat Aziz and the then Patwari Ashiq Ali, illegally to confer undue benefit upon Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, who sold the land which did not belong to him.
The criminal acts on part of the accused persons;
Ms. Nusrat Aziz D/o Abdul Aziz Lone R/o Gurez A/P Mehjoor Nagar Srinagar (the then Tehsildar Balhama)
Ashiq Ali S/o Ghulam Rasool Khan R/o Panner Jagir A/P Hawal Srinagar (the then Patwari Balhama Srinagar)
Riyaz Ahmad Bhat S/o Ghulam Mohammad Bhat R/o Nowgam Srinagar
Mohammad Shafi Lone @ Shaff Cheeni S/o Abdul Ahad Lone R/o House No. 187 Sec B, Peerbagh Srinagar
Shamima Akhter W/o Mohammad Shafi Lone R/o Gooripora Rawalpora
Shahnawaz Ahmad Rather S/o Noor Mohammad Rather R/o Padshahi Bagh Srinagar
Shabir Ahmad Wani S/o Mohammad Ismail Wani R/o Bagandar Lasjan
prima-facie disclose commission of offences punishable U/S 167,420, 120-B RPC r/w 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act Svt. 2006. Accordingly case FIR No. 14/2025 has been registered in P/S EOW (Crime Branch Kashmir)
Subsequently, search warrants were obtained from the Hon’ble Court of law and searches are underway at seven different locations in Srinagar and Budgam Jurisdictions.
It is pertinent to mention that Smt. Nusrat Aziz D/o Abdul Aziz Lone R/o Gurez A/P Mehjoor Nagar Srinagar (Tehsildar) and others are also involved in case FIR No. 08/2021 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC r/w 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act. of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir which is near completion. These involved persons have been operating in an organized manner causing substantial loss and agony to gullible people in District Srinagar and District Budgam areas.
