Ex-Cong Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Jammu based gastroenterologist, retired SP holding illegal possession of Govt land

Rs 25 lakh Cr Roshni Land Scam/Encroached land not in revenue records

STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: As the massive crackdown on the state land grabbers continues, on Wednesday, the names of two Congress ministers Taj Mohi-ud-Din and Ghulam Hassan Khan, Ex-MLA Wachi’s father, a Jammu based gastroenterologist, a retired SP and a retired Divisional Engineer figure among the list of encroachers of government land in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to list issued by J&K administration on Wednesday, Congress Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din has encroached 15 kanals of land at village Sedow in Shopian district; Ghulam Hassan Mir, son of Mohd Khan, resident of Shopian, former minister of state, Social welfare has encroached 5 marlas of commercial land at Shopian Muma, son of Ahad Mir, resident of Zainapora, father of Ex-MLA Wachi (Mohd Jabar Mir) has occupied 6 kanals of land at Zainapora. A Jammu-based gastroenterologist Dr Shouqat Choudhary has illegally occupied 2 kanals of land at Channi Rama; a retired divisional engineer Abdul Sattar has encroached two kanals of land at Channi Rama. Similarly, a retired SP Sardar Khan is also in illegal possession of kanals of government land at Sunjwan.
Here, it is relevant to mention that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has disclosed the details of government land in Jammu and Kashmir that has been allegedly encroached.
The J&K administration has issued list of occupants following a J&K High Court order. The list also mentioned the Jammu residence of former J&K Chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, as having encroached on forest land owned by the Government, NC and PDP offices in Jammu and Srinagar on illegal land.
The J&K High Court in an order on October 9 had directed that details of ‘State land in unauthorised occupation’ shall be disclosed on the Government’s website, along with the names of the beneficiaries under the Roshni Act that was scrapped by the High Court. The beneficiaries under the Act included former Chief Ministers, the then state ministers, retired police, civil servants and politicians.