Crime Branch Kashmir Files Chargesheet Against Revenue Official for Record Tampering in Kupwara

KUPWARA, July 8 — The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against a former revenue official for his alleged involvement in tampering with land records in the Kupwara district.

The legal documents in case FIR Number 33/2021 were presented before the Court of Sub-Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class in Kupwara against Leyaket Ali Khan, a resident of Babapora Haihama who was serving as a Patwari at the time of the incident and is currently posted as a Naib Tehsildar.

The case originated from a formal complaint alleging that the official manipulated official revenue documents to fraudulently transfer jointly owned ancestral property in the Halqa Haihama and Gundi Sana areas in favor of himself and his brother.

Investigators discovered that the accused misused his official power to make false entries in the Khasra Girdawari registers, replace official record pages, and forge documents to misrepresent the actual ownership and physical possession of the land.

While the fraudulent attempt to gain wrongful ownership was blocked because the Revenue Department took corrective action in time, the investigation uncovered substantial evidence to establish multiple offenses of forgery and cheating under the Ranbir Penal Code.

Following the submission of the chargesheet for judicial trial, the Crime Branch advised citizens to stay alert to economic fraud and report suspicious activities to the senior superintendent of police for the Economic Offences Wing in Kashmir or via their official email.