Srinagar, Nov. 7 -- The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge-sheet against ten accused including senior officers of the revenue department for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent compensation case related to fictitious land acquisition in Anantnag district.
The chargesheet was produced yesterday before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Anantnag in a case registered in 2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The case pertained to the fraudulent release of compensation amounts in favour of non-existent beneficiaries whose land was falsely shown to have been acquired by the Government during the construction of the Verinag-Koker...