Srinagar, Sep 18,: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has arrested Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, son of Abdul Khaliq Dar of Jawalapora, Samson Budgam, in connection with an alleged Rs 93 lakh land and property fraud case, officials said.
The arrest was carried out pursuant to an order and warrant issued by the Court of Sub-Judge, Srinagar, according to the EOW. Officials said Dar had been evading arrest for about a year and is also involved in multiple cases registered at Police Station EOW Kashmir/SCW Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K.
The case relates to FIR No. 17/2026 registered at Police Station EOW Kashmir under Sections 318(4), 338, 340 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to the agency.
The investigation concerns a complaint alleging that the complainant was cheated of Rs 93 lakh through a purported transaction involving five kanals of migrant land at Drusu in Pulwama and 300 standing trees in Bijbehara. The EOW had earlier said the alleged transactions were carried out through fake agreements and that neither the land nor the trees belonged to the persons allegedly offering them for sale.
According to investigators, Soom Nath Koul, son of Kalash Nath Koul, of 22 Lotus Tower, Bangalore North, Karnataka, and Janipur, Jammu, allegedly posed as an attorney holder of the original owners, while Dar allegedly acted as a witness to the agreements. The EOW had also conducted searches at Semsaan, Budgam, in May as part of the investigation and said the searches were aimed at collecting relevant evidence and incriminating material.
The agency has further alleged that the accused persons had been presenting themselves as attorney holders or owners of migrant property and inducing people to enter into property transactions on the basis of such claims.
The EOW said a hue and cry notice remains active for co-accused Soom Nath Koul, who has not yet been arrested. Further investigation into the alleged network and the transactions is continuing. [KNT]
