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Jammu Crime Branch files chargesheet in Rajouri land encroachment case
The Crime Branch Jammu has filed a chargesheet against Yash Paul for encroaching over 2 kanal 11 marla of state land in Rajouri district. The case, registered in 2022, followed a complaint…
The Story in Brief
The Crime Branch Jammu has filed a chargesheet against Yash Paul for encroaching over 2 kanal 11 marla of state land in Rajouri district. The case, registered in 2022, followed a complaint by Acharya Rajesh Kumar Prashar alleging Paul connived with revenue and forest officials. The mutation (no 4193, dated September 5, 2018) was declared null and void by the Sunderbani additional deputy commissioner in December 2022 after quasi-judicial proceedings. The Crime Branch spokesperson said the chargesheet, with witnesses and documents, has been submitted to the Sunderbani court for judicial determination.
The Indian Opinion
The filing of a chargesheet in a four-year-old encroachment case is routine, but the narrative of a state crackdown on land mafia is often exaggerated. This case involved a single individual, Yash Paul, and a mutation cancelled quasi-judicially. The real test will be whether the investigation extends to the revenue and forest officials Paul allegedly connived with. If the chargesheet names only the small fish, the public will rightly question the state's commitment to cleaning up the land records system.
Source: greaterkashmir.com
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