Srinagar- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a charge-sheet against ten accused individuals in connection with a fraudulent land compensation case in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

According to an official statement, the charge-sheet has been filed in case FIR No. 12/2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Anantnag.

The case pertains to the fraudulent release of compensation amounts in favour of non-existent beneficiaries whose land was falsely shown to have been acquired by the government for the construction of the Verinag–Kokernag road via Batagund.

“During investigation, it was found that certain o

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