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| VOJ presents challan against Patwari | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 22: Vigilance Organization Jammu today presented challan against a patwari and the chowkidar of village Lalyal in the court of Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu through Chief Prosecuting officer. The accused are facing charges of misusing their official position and fraudulently collecting Rs 50,300 from 32 villagers of Lalyal. The Patwari Halqa Kanachak Balwant Raj Kotwal and ar Major Ram of village Lalyal Jammu for fraudulently and misusing their official position collected Rs 50, 300 from 32 villagers of Village Lalyal. According to the challan, the inhabitants of Village Lalyal lodged a complaint through Bishan Dass and Others alleging that that Chowikdar Major had taken a bribe from them for regularization of the state land under their possession situated at Village Lalyal. On receiving this information, the authorities enquired the facts and came to know that a large chunk of state land was existing in the village under the possession of various individuals. The villagers had applied for conferring ownership rights of state land already in their possession with the local revenue authorities as per the provisions of the Roshini Act. Village Lalyal falls under the Patwar Halqa Kanachak Jammu. The concerned Patwari Balwant Raj Kotwal and Chowkidar Major Ram S/o Baldev Raj of village Lalyal, Jammu hatched a criminal conspiracy to receive illegal gratification from the villagers in lieu of conferring of ownership rights of state land in their favour. Both the accused officials, by misusing their official position, demanded and accepted bribe money ranging from Rs.400/- to Rs.12000/- from 32 villagers of village Lalyal, Jammu during October - December 2007 as a consideration for regularization of the state land in their favour under Roshni Act. In this way they collected an amount of Rs.50,300/- from the gullible t villagers. The act constitutes offences U/S 5(2) J&K P.C Act 2006 BK and 120-B, 161 and 420 RPC. A case under FIR No.13/2008 was accordingly registered against the accused. ----(JNF)
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