Srinagar, Oct 25: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has arrested an absconding Patwari who had been evading arrest for more than three months. The Patwari — Ashiq Ali, son of Ghulam Rasool Khan, a resident of Panner Jagir and presently residing at Hawal, Srinagar — is involved in serious offences including corruption, cheating, falsification of mutations, and wrongful insertions in revenue records

In a statement, a CBK official spokesperson stated that the accused, who served as Patwari, Balhama Srinagar, was wanted in connection with FIR No. 14/2025 registered under Sections 167, 420, 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The case pertains to offences of corruption, cheating, false mutations, and wrongful insertions in revenue

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