Three Revenue officials booked for JDA land sale

JAMMU: The Crime Branch Jammu today unearthed a nexus between land grabbers and revenue officials in Jammu. Official sources said that Crime Branch, Jammu today registered a formal case against one Sham Singh of Pamposh Colony Janipur, Sujan Singh of Bahu Fort and the revenue officials Maqbool Hussain - the then Patwari Halqa, Paloura, the then concerned Naib Tehsildar and the then concerned Tehsildar for conspiring and cheating the complainant by issuing forged revenue extracts in the shape of ‘fardintekhab’ and ‘AksSajra’ for 2 kanals of JDA land at prime location at Paloura, Jammu.

The instant case owes its origin to a written complaint lodged in Crime Branch, Jammu by Col Mohan Gandotra, alleging therein that his father had purchased land measuring 2 Kanals from Sham Singh (through his attorney holder Sujan Singh) by virtue of two sale deeds after concerned revenue officials had issued revenue extracts in Khasra 670 in favour of the accused Sham Singh.

Taking cognizance into the matter, Crime Branch, Jammu initiated a preliminary verification and during enquiry it was found that concerned revenue officials had mutated the land in question in favour of father of the complainant, however, the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) claimed it as their own land and erected boundary pillars in the said land in the year 2018.

It has also come to fore that there was only 4 marlas share of the accused Sham Singh left in the above said kahsra and the said accused through his attorney holder -Sujan Singh after hatching a criminal conspiracy with the above said revenue officials forged revenue documents and sold 2 kanals of land after giving physical possession in JDA land.