J

Srinagar, Apr 22 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have unearthed a scandal in which the land and other property, mostly belonging to the Kashmiri Pandits, had been transferred to some people by preparing fake power of attorney.

The Crime Branch of the police said it has unearthed the scandal of more than Rs one crore in which some people, in connivance with the revenue officials, had made fake power of attorney and got the land and other property transferred.

The Crime Branch acted on an application filed by Gori Devi and Shori Devi, daughters of Tara Chand, alleging that their land at Zakoora on the city outskirts had been transferred to somebody through fraudulent power of attorney.

During the investigations, police said it was revealed that a fake power of attorney was made in the name of Nazir Ahmad Zahigar of Lal Bazar.

The accused had produced another woman in the Court of Third Additional Munsiff, Jammu to get the power of attorney.

The woman had identified herself as Dulari Handoo, wife of Janki Nath Handoo of Purshiyar Habakadal near here, and at present staying at Poloura in Jammu.

Jeevan Nath Koul, working in the premises of court as typist, identified the woman.

After the issuance of the fake power of attorney, the photograph of the woman was removed and replaced by that of Gori Devi.

The Crime Branch said Zahigar, the fake attorney holder, also managed to get the sale permission letter from the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, on February 27 last year in favour of his two brothers and another person Mohammad Altaf in connivance with the revenue officials.

Police said Ghulam Mohammad Hakim of Zakoora and Ghulam Rasool Mir of Gulabagh had extorted Rs 1.17 crore from Zahgir.

The two were operating an account in the Central Bank of India, Talab Tillo branch in Jammu, in the name of an establishment ''Om Sai Ram Electronic Vision'' of some Pyare Lal.

The account holder used to receive money from the fake power of attorney holder and then pay the amount to Hakim alias Ama Navyid and Mir alias Rasool DC after deducting his share, police added.

UNI