Srinagar, July 17 -- "Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday carried out raids at multiple locations in Srinagar and Budgam in connection with an FIR registered against seven individuals, including a Tehsildar, for alleged corruption, cheating, false mutations, and tampering with revenue records," said a statement.

As per officials, the case was registered following a complaint by a land buyer who alleged that he was duped after purchasing land in Balhama. The accused allegedly manipulated Khasra numbers in the sale deeds and inserted false mutations in connivance with revenue officials, it reads.

The accused include the then Tehsildar Balhama Nusrat Aziz, the then Patwari Ashiq Ali, and others. Officials said that t...