GANDERBAL, Feb. 7 -- Ganderbal Police have arrested a man for allegedly posing as a land broker and cheating innocent people by falsely presenting disputed and Government land as his private property.

During the course of investigation, it was revealed that the accused is a habitual offender with involvement in several criminal cases in the past, including:

FIR No. 172/2018 U/S 447, 427 RPC

FIR No. 136/2018 U/S 341, 323 RPC

FIR No. 127/2019 U/S 341, 352, 504, 323 RPC

FIR No. 232/2023 U/S 420, 120-B IPC

FIR No. 17/2026 U/S 217, 336(1), 340(2) BNS

The accused has previously been booked in cases involving cheating, forgery, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation, and other related offences. Several complaints were received from aggr...