India, Nov. 7 -- In its continued drive against corruption and financial fraud, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a comprehensive charge sheet in a major land compensation scam that defrauded the government exchequer in South Kashmir's Anantnag district.

According to official sources, the charge sheet was filed in case FIR No. 12/2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The document was formally presented before the Hon'ble Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Anantnag.

The Fraudulent Scheme

Investigations revealed that the case stemmed from the fraudulent disbursement of compensation money meant for...