Srinagar, Oct. 12 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has initiated action in major evacuee property land scam involving government officials and private beneficiaries. The ACB has initiated a major criminal investigation after uncovering a large-scale scam involving the illegal exchange and manipulation of valuable evacuee land in Srinagar. The investigation has brought to light serious irregularities and fraudulent acts allegedly committed by officials of the Revenue Department and the Custodian Evacuee Property Department, in active collusion with private individuals, for unlawful enrichment. "Reliable information was received by the bureau indicating that certain officers had facilitated the exchange of prime evacuee property land measuring 5 kanals -5 marlas against propriety land measuring 5 kanal-17 marlas located at Gupkar Road, Srinagar. The exchange was executed without obtaining the mandatory NOC from the Defence Estates Office and in blatant violation of the directions of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir as well as established government procedures regulating such transactions," the ACB said in a statement, adding that enquiry conducted by the ACB revealed that the involved public servants had deliberately ignored legal requirements, manipulated land records, and colluded with private parties to facilitate the unlawful swap....