Charge sheet against 5 for cheating Himachal govt

Mandi, March 5

The HP State Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) has filed a charge sheet against a purchaser of land, seller of land, stamp vendor, former Senior Assistant and former Tehsildar, Sadar Mandi, before the court of Special Judge, Mandi, for conspiring to cheat the state government in the payment of due stamp fees/registration fees by cheating, falsification of records and abuse of office.

Bureau ASP, Mandi, Kulbhushan Verma said, “The case was registered in 2017 on the basis of an inquiry which revealed that the accused purchaser of land who was closely related to the Tehsildar had conspired with the seller and made a false affidavit that the land was 50 m away from the road so that it would attract less stamp duty and registration fees whereas it was actually only 5 m away from the road.” — TNS