India, Oct. 29 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against five accused persons before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Sopore, in a 2017 case involving alleged cheating, forgery and fraudulent sale of migrant property.

The chargesheet in FIR No. 34/2017 has been filed under Sections 420, 419, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), according to the details provided by the EOW.

The case pertains to the alleged fraudulent sale of 14 kanals and 3 marlas of land bearing Survey No. 349 at Wussan, Goshbugh, Pattan, owned by Jawahar Lal Bhat. The complaint alleged that payments exceeding Rs.1 crore were made, but possession of the land was neither handed over nor...