Roshni Land Scam: Game of lights, PDP leader’s son looted five kanals of land for Rs 600

The Jammu and Kashmir administration also released the fourth list of people who took advantage of the Roshni land scam on Thursday evening. The list names around 2500 beneficiaries, including the son of Qazi Muhammad Afzal, a minister in the PDP government. These people have occupied government land under the guise of this illegal law.

The son of PDP leader Qazi Mohammad Afzal has captured five kanals and seven marle land for just Rs 600. In the released list, most of the cultivable land was legalized in the paper and the beneficiaries were given the opportunity to occupy it. Surprisingly, this land in Kashmir was bought at Rs 10 per canal and less under the guise of Roshni Yojana.

The list released by the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Department states that most of the beneficiaries of the bureaucrats, leaders and their relatives who have occupied the land under the cover of the Roshni Land Act, neither are in the revenue records nor have they Have bothered to get the land records recorded in the Revenue Department. The latest list also names retired DIG Khalid Durrani, famous businessman Aws Ahmed who has occupied more than two canals.

There are 1425 peasants in the list, who occupy 15653 kanals of land in Bhalwal tehsil of Jammu. Similarly, in the northern part of Jammu, 664 beneficiaries have occupied 2835 kanals of government land. The name has been included in the list of 88 people in Jammu West who have held 514 kanals of land.

As far as the Kashmir Valley is concerned, a list of 623 beneficiaries has been released. These include 288 district Srinagar, 133 Baramulla, 78 from Bandipora district and 20 beneficiaries each from Kupwara and Ganderbal districts. There are 13 beneficiaries from Anantnag and Kulgam districts of South Kashmir and seven from Shopian. Contractor Tipu Sultan from Ganderbal district is also named. The administration has issued this list under the instructions given by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on October 9.