Srinagar, Oct. 11 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched a criminal investigation into an alleged large-scale evacuee property land scam involving government officials and private beneficiaries, an official said on Saturday.
Evacuee property refers to the assets and lands left behind by individuals who migrated from India to Pakistan during the 1947 Partition.
Addressing a press conference here, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), ACB, Javid Hassan, said the investigation follows a "major scam" involving the illegal exchange and manipulation of valuable evacuee land in Srinagar.
It has brought to light alleged "serious irregularities and fraudulent acts" by certain officials of the Revenue and Custodian Eva...