Overview

• The Anti-Corruption Bureau announced a criminal probe into an alleged unlawful swap of high-value evacuee land on Srinagar’s Gupkar Road.
• ACB officials said around 17 marlas of evacuee land were exchanged for property of far lesser value at another location.
• Investigators reported collusion by officials in the Revenue and Custodian Evacuee Property departments with private beneficiaries.
• Findings cite falsified land records, tampered tenancy and revenue extracts, and fake entries approved to disguise ownership.
• FIR No. 19/2025 was filed at ACB Police Station Srinagar under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and RPC Section 120-B, with the bureau tracing financial transactions and indicating likely arrests and departmental action.