Srinagar, Aug 19, KDC: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Srinagar has registered an FIR against officials and beneficiaries over alleged illegal construction, encroachment of State/Kahcharai land and violations of building permissions in the Rajbagh area of Srinagar.
According to the ACB, FIR No. 10/2026 was registered following a Joint Surprise Check and subsequent verification into allegations concerning the construction of a multi-storey building in the flood basin/fringe area of the River Jhelum at Rajbagh.
The verification allegedly revealed violations in the grant and subsequent modification of building permissions, including a substantial increase in the plinth area and height of the building without obtaining mandatory No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the concerned departments.
The inquiry also revealed alleged encroachment of approximately 2.9 kanals of State/Kahcharai land, besides construction over drainage infrastructure and within the prohibited river-fringe area.
The FIR names then Senior Town Planner, SDA, Muneer Ahmad Khan; then Joint Commissioner Planning, SMC, R.K. Tutoo; then In-charge Assistant Town Planner, SMC, Ulfat Jan, along with other concerned officials and beneficiaries Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh and Parveena Akhter.
The accused have been booked for alleged abuse of official position, criminal conspiracy and facilitation of unauthorized construction and encroachment.
The case has been registered under Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act Svt-2006, Sections 447-A, 468 and 120 RPC, besides other applicable provisions of law.
The ACB said further investigation into the case is underway. (KDC)
