Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against four men accused of executing a ₹1.66 crore property scam by forging documents and selling a Srinagar house illegally, officials said on Tuesday. The chargesheet was submitted before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar.
According to the agency, accused Abdul Wahid Khan, Mohammad Yousuf Malik, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, and Mohammad Maqbool Shah allegedly posed as property dealers and lured buyers into purchasing a double-storey house with one kanal and five marlas of land at Chinar Colony, Baghat-i-Barzulla. The property belongs to Mst. Koshaliya, widow of Jawahar Lal Rafiz. The accused reportedly prepared a fake sale agreement of migrant property and collected ₹1.16 crore from the complainants, later inflating the price and extracting an additional ₹50 lakh.
Investigators found that the complainants were neither given possession of the property nor refunded their money. The probe revealed a criminal conspiracy involving forged documents to misappropriate the amount, leading to the filing of FIR No. 14/2018 under Sections 420, 468, 471, and 120-B of the RPC.
Two accused—Mohammad Yousuf Malik and Mohammad Maqbool Shah—have been remanded to judicial custody. The Crime Branch urged the public to remain vigilant against such fraudulent schemes. (KNC)
