Srinagar, July 17 -- "Search warrants have been obtained from a court and searches are underway at seven locations in Srinagar and Budgam districts," said a spokesperson of the EOW, which was earlier known as the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

According to the spokesperson, the case involves seven people, including the then Tehsildar of Balahama, Nusrat Aziz Lone, and Patwari Ashiq Ali, who were booked earlier this year for "fraudulently" making insertions in revenue records to benefit a private individual.

The case was registered following a written complaint in which the complainant alleged that they had purchased a piece of land at Balhama from one Mohammad Shafi Lone alias Shafi Cheeni and had prepared three sale deed...