SRINAGAR, Sep 18 (Agencies): The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has arrested a man in connection with an alleged Rs 93 lakh land and property fraud case, officials said on Friday.
The accused, identified as Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Dar, son of Abdul Khaliq Dar and a resident of Jawalapora, Samson Budgam, was arrested on the basis of an order and warrant issued by the Court of Sub-Judge, Srinagar, according to officials.
Dar had allegedly been evading arrest for nearly a year and was wanted in several criminal cases registered with the EOW/SCW Kashmir of the Crime Branch JK.
The case stems from a written complaint alleging that Dar, described as a land broker, cheated the complainant of around Rs 93 lakh in connivance with co-accused Soom Nath Koul, son of Kalash Nath Koul, a resident of Lotus Tower, Bangalore North, Karnataka, with a Jammu address at Janipur.
The case has been registered as FIR No. 17/2026 at Police Station EOW Kashmir under Sections 318(4), 338, 340 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).