Srinagar- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday arrested a Patwari who had been absconding for the past three months in connection with a high-profile corruption and fraud case.

An official spokesperson said that the accused, identified as Ashiq Ali, son of Ghulam Rasool Khan, a resident of Panner Jagir and presently residing at Hawal Srinagar, was wanted in a case registered under FIR No. 14/2025. The case has been filed under Sections 167, 420, 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The spokesperson said that the case pertains to serious charges of corruption, cheating, manipulation of revenue records, and wrongful insertions and mutations in official land documents. “After a detailed investigation and

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