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EOW Kashmir chargesheets five in migrant property fraud case
The Story in Brief
The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against five persons for allegedly cheating, forging documents and fraudulently selling migrant property in Baramulla district. The chargesheet was submitted before the court of CJM Sopore under Sections 420, 419, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B RPC. The case involves the fraudulent sale of 14 kanals and 3 marlas of land at Mouza Wussan, Goshbugh Pattan, owned by Jawahar Lal Bhat. Despite receiving payments exceeding Rs 1 crore, the accused neither handed over possession nor refunded the amount, the EOW said.
The accused are Brij Nath, Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Dar, Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, Zahoor Ahmed Dar and Reyaz Ahmad Rather. Two were arrested in late September, Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Dar is out on bail while Brij Nath remains in Central Jail. This is the second chargesheet against Brij Nath and Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, the first was filed in August 2023 in FIR No. 27/2021. The EOW has advised the public to verify land ownership and documents before property transactions to avoid fraud.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All three outlets carried the EOW’s press statement with near-identical facts, names, sections and figures, making this uniform straight reporting. Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Life both led with the chargesheet filing and named the accused in the first paragraph, while Rising Kashmir placed the accused list after the legal sections. Every source gave the same five names, the same FIR number, the same land area of 14 kanals and 3 marlas, the same payment exceeding Rs 1 crore, and the same status of the two arrested accused. No outlet carried a comment from the accused or a legal representative. The only variation is structural: Kashmir Life’s headline explicitly names the land as ‘migrant land’ while Greater Kashmir uses ‘migrant property’ and Rising Kashmir says ‘migrant property fraud’. The advisory from the SSP EOW Kashmir is reported verbatim by all three.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): Syndicated copy (carried by greaterkashmir.com, risingkashmir.com), kashmirlife.net (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
