CBI registers three cases to probe Rs 25,000 crore land scam in J&K

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday registered three separate cases a month after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court ordered a CBI probe into the usurping of public land in Jammu and Kashmir worth Rs 25,000 crore.

The first case has been registered against unknown officials of the Revenue Department, Jammu, which was earlier registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the state on the allegations that the officers/officials of Revenue Department of Jammu district had conferred undue benefits upon the illegal occupants of the state’s land by intentionally ignoring the provisions laid down under the Roshni Act.

The second case has been registered against unknown officers/ officials of the revenue department, Samba district.


It is alleged that in many cases, ownership rights over the state land were conferred in favour of individuals, who did not have the recorded possession in their respective names in the revenue records. It was also alleged that the rates were not fixed by the Price Fixation committee, as per the provisions of the Act and in many cases were not remitted to the Government Treasury, thereby causing a huge loss to the State exchequer.

The third case has been registered in Jammu against a private individual and unknown officers of the revenue department on similar charges.