Srinagar, Dec. 17 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet before a Special Anti-Corruption Court in Srinagar in connection with an alleged municipal fraud involving the illegal allotment of government property in Budgam district, the CBK said on Tuesday.

As per a statement, the chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 03/2022 before the court of the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Ranbir Penal Code, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Three persons have been named as accused in the case, including the former president of the Municipal Committee Budgam, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, and t...