Srinagar, May 22, KDC: Mirwaiz Manzil Nigeen on behalf of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who is under continued house detention since May 3rd said that a news item carried by certain media is doing the rounds , which claims that ACB Srinagar has filed an “instant “FIR against the Mirwaiz and his kin in the land allotment case of his residence in Nigeen , by the custodian department and if proved Mirwaiz’s house and land will be confiscated by the authorities and he will be evicted.
In a statement to KDC quoting Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Mirwaiz Manzil Nigeen said “The attempt to malign and harass is clear from this threat in the media, when the Mirwaiz received no intimation or notice of this matter. It is part of the same vehement print, electronic and social media propaganda carried out against the Mirwaiz in 2018 when multiple properties including the properties of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid, Anjuman Nusratul Islam , Darul ul khair Mirwaiz Manzil were all attributed to him and later all proved to be false and baseless . These things will not cow the Mirwaiz down.”
They said “Fact of the matter is that no property at present -house or land belongs to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Nigeen . The residential land and house in which he lives in Nigeen was purchased and built upon by his father shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Farooq in 1973, the same year that Mirwaiz Umar was born. Its boundary walls are the same since that year”.
“After 1990 till yesterday when this sensational news item of Mirwaiz being booked “instantly “by ACB was released to the media , he had no inkling of this matter as no information or notice was ever sent or shared with him by the concerned. If as per the authorities there was any issue involved , the concerned as is the procedure should have intimated Mirwaiz instead of “instantly booking “ him in the case . The motive to malign and defame is apparent, they said adding that “Mirwaiz and his close kin who is also being implicated , is a well respected civil servant known for his integrity , neither of who have , nor inshallah will do anything that is immoral and illegal.”
Pertinently, a preliminary enquiry of Anti-Corruption Bureau (PE No.22/2019) revealed that a lady Dil Rafiqa, was “unlawfully granted evacuee land by the Custodian Department without proper government sanction and an open auction, violating established provisions.”
“The enquiry uncovered that land belonging to Sh. Imam-u-Din, located at Saderbal Hazratbal under survey number 640, was allocated to several individuals, including Dil Rafiqa, in gross violation of rules,” reads the FIR.
“The illegal allotment involved 07 Kanal 19 Marlas 97 sqft of land, encroached upon individuals including a lady (name with held) W/o Dr. Ab. Majeed R/o Hazratbal, Srinagar, Majid Khalil Ahmad Drabu S/o Saif-Ud-Din Ahmad Drabu R/o Qammerwari, Srinagar, Mohd. Amin Khan S/o Gh. Nabi Khan R/o Saderbal, Srinagar, Ab. Majeed Bhat S/o Mohd Abdullah Bhat R/o Saderbal, Srinagar, Qazi Bilal Ahmad S/o Qazi Noor Din R/o Nageen, Srinagar and Umer Faroog S/o Lt. Mohammad Faroog R/o Nageen, Srinagar.”
According to FIR “The investigation revealed that officers and officials from the Custodian and Revenue Departments colluded with the beneficiaries, engaging in corrupt practices and abusing their positions. They dishonestly allocated evacuee land, ignoring prevailing rules, and failed to act against the encroachers, resulting in undue benefits for themselves and the beneficiaries, causing a significant loss to the state exchequer.”
“These actions constitute offenses under section 5(1)(d) read with section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Sv. 2006, and section 120B RPC. Consequently, a case (FIR No. 10/2024) has been registered at P/S ACB Srinagar, with the investigation assigned to a DySP rank officer,” reads the FIR according to KDC.
