Srinagar, Dec 16 (KNS): The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet before a special anti-corruption court in Srinagar in connection with an alleged municipal fraud case in Budgam district.

In a statement issued to KNS, the CBK, said that the chargesheet has been submitted in FIR No. 03/2022 before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Ranbir Penal Code, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Three persons have been named as accused, including former president of the Municipal Committee Budgam, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, and two private individuals, Ghulam Mohammad Mir and Abdul Majid Bhat, all residents of Budgam.

It also said the case stemmed from a complaint alleging embezzlement and illegal allotment of a municipal committee building.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelInvestigation revealed that the then municipal president misused his official position to confer undue benefits on one of the accused through a purported allotment order.

The probe found that the allotment order, claimed to have been issued on the basis of a municipal committee resolution and approval from the Director, Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir, was forged and non-existent.

Investigators said the accused entered into a criminal conspiracy and prepared forged documents, including a fake allotment order, partnership deed and dissolution deed, without lawful authority. During investigation, all three accused were examined and admitted their roles, it said.

Based on oral and documentary evidence collected during the probe, offences under the relevant legal provisions have been established, and the chargesheet has been submitted for judicial adjudication.(KNS)