Complaint accuses temple management, Revenue Department, SMC, J&K Bank of allegedly aiding and abetting illegal activities
A criminal complaint addressed to ADGP (Kashmir) has been filed by the JK Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri Pandits, alleging criminal involvement in usurping the land belonging to a temple in Srinagar.
The complainant has accused the lessee of the temple land for sub-lease which is illegal under the law and thereafter, the complainant accuses Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), a local bank, and the final beneficiaries who have allegedly benefitted from the illegal transfer of land into different hands till commercial structures came up on the temple land.
The complaint has sought lodging of an FIR against those allegedly involved in the illegal use of Durga Nag Temple property worth crores.
The complaint has also referred to the observations of the Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) which, according to the complainant, held that the sub-lease of the land had been illegal.
The complaint accuses the management of the Durga Nag Temple, Revenue Department, SMC, and the J&K Bank of allegedly aiding and abetting illegal activities that violated established laws and led to the transfer of endowment property owned by the “deity” of the shrine to the third parties and the unauthorized construction of commercial structures on those properties, including hotels, motels, and commercial complexes.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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