Srinagar, Oct. 17 -- The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) has filed a chargesheet against eight individuals - including four revenue officials, three of them retired - in connection with a major land fraud case involving 52 kanals of land in Srinagar's Danihama area.

According to officials, the chargesheet in FIR No. 23/2019 was submitted before the Court of the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar. The accused allegedly manipulated and fabricated land records to fraudulently occupy the property by misusing their official positions.

The case originated from a complaint alleging that Nadeem Ahmad Mayer and Shafiq Ahmad Mayer of Iqbal Colony, Shalteng, had encroached upon the land through fake and forged mutations (...