Srinagar, Feb. 19 -- In a statement, the ACB spokesman said that a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) was conducted to look into allegations that the J&K Cooperative Housing Corporation Ltd. (JKCHC) purchased 392 kanal of land from private persons for establishing a Housing Colony at Village Bain Bajalta, District Jammu and for that purpose, also illegally occupied Kah Charai, Maqbuza Sarkar and JDA land.

"It was alleged that the Board purchased 392 Kanals of land at scattered places. The management of JKCHC in connivance with officers/officials of Revenue Department illegally occupied about 584 Kanal land which includes state land. The JKCHC then allotted the same to different persons by making plots," the statement reads.

During the course of p...