Srinagar, Oct 11 — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched a criminal investigation into a major evacuee property land scam involving senior government officials and private beneficiaries in Srinagar, officials said on Friday.

The case pertains to the illegal exchange and manipulation of about 17 marlas of prime evacuee land on Gupkar Road — one of the city’s most valuable localities — with property of much lesser value elsewhere.

Addressing a press conference, SSP ACB Javid Hassan said officials from the Revenue Department and the Custodian Evacuee Property Department colluded with private individuals to carry out the unlawful land swap without obtaining the mandatory No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Defence Estates Office and in defiance of J&K High Court orders.

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