CB orders re-investigation of Bunty-Bubli case
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JAMMU: The Headquarters of Crime Branch Wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has ordered re-investigation of major scandal of flouting municipal laws, befooling the municipality incurring loss of lakhs of rupees to the state exchequer, by Jammu-based fraudulent couple Anita Sharma and her husband Shiv Kumar Sharma resident of 23 B/C Gandhi Nagar, Jammu also known as Bunty & Bubli of town.
Anita Sharma, impersonating as owner of house number 84/110-A Block (Pvt) Gandhi Nagar submitted an application before MCJ for approval of building permission on 22-08-2019 which was entertained by municipality vide no.9820 despite the fact that she had already sold that house a year ago and had no authority on that house.
It is said that the application was given with a motive to construct house no.44 D/C under the grab of showing the under process document to field staff of municipality.
Scandal of flouting municipal laws, incurring loss of lakhs of rupees to state exchequer
During the investigations into the case when the office of Special Director General of Crime branch came to know about a certificate issued by the municipality against RTI that no building permission has been ever granted, it not only confirmed the fraud but proved municipality lost lakhs of rupees as permission fee.
Though the certificate of RTI confirmed 100 % violation the municipality with a motive to oblige Anita Sharma issued a notice of minor violation which was stayed by the Special Tribunal considering the violation as minor.
It is a known fact that if a case is sub-judice in any court, it cannot be processed in any other court. But Anita Sharma hiding the fact of the case before Special Tribunal lodged the case in the court of Learned principal District Judge Jammu from where on 12-01-2022 1st Civil Subordinate Judge, Jammu an order of stay was issued on the same subject when a case was still sub-judice in the court of Special Tribunal.
According to reports, Anita Sharma, wife of Shiv Kumar Sharma, resident of 23 B/C Gandhi Nagar purchased a plot of land at 44 D/C, Gandhi Nagar on April 25, 2018 for Rs. six crores. She paid the cash vide Cheque No.029516 on April 5, 2018, Cheque No .029519 on April 12, 2018 for Rs One Crore and the third Cheque No. 029524 on April 16, 2018 for Rs 3.14 Crore. An amount of Rs 6 lakh as TDS @ 1 per cent was deducted over all cheques payable at YES Bank, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu
After purchase of the property, the owner Anita Sharma applied to Jammu Municipal Corporation for Building Permission on August 22, 2019, which had already been sold to someone vide two sale deeds. However with malafide intention to commit fraud, the site for the proposed construction was reflected Plot No.84/110-A Block (Pvt) Gandhi Nagar Jammu instead of Plot No 44/DC Gandhi Nagar.
As expected, Jammu Municipal Corporation rejected the application of Anita Sharma, seeking building permission, on February 20, 2020. However, the construction on Plot No 44 D/C went on unabated, by befooling the JMC staff by saying that she has already applied to the Corporation for approval. There was no permission for construction at all came to light when the matter came to the notice of the JMC, which intimated in a reply to R.T.I, that no Building Permission had been granted for construction of a building on Plot No 44 D/C Gandhi Nagar.
Meanwhile, Anita Sharma raised a huge building on Plot No. 44 D/C in violation of all the norms including of the ‘setbacks’.
Intriguingly, when the scandal was exposed, Jt. Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation issued a notice to Anita Sharma, wife of Shiv Kumar Sharma, 23 B/C for carrying out minor violations, notwithstanding the fact that a huge two-storey building was constructed illegally with violation of Set Backs too.
It is learnt that the Crime Branch wing of J&K Police perhaps to favour Anita Sharma without verifying the facts tried to file the case for obvious reasons when a retired influential Excise officer intervened in the case. Now after the directions of Special DG Crime the case is to be reinvestigated in the light of new facts came in light.
Sources say that this fraud at 44 D/C is tip of the iceberg as few more cases like a building no.313-A Apsara Road where not only the violations has been done in the construction which was approved for residential purpose and is being used for commercial purpose but the building is constructed on encroached land by Shiv Kumar Sharma husband of Anita Sharma and a case number OWP 974/2008 and CMP 1426/2008 dated December 15, 2008 (Building Operation Controlling Authority Vs Shiv Kumar Sharma and others) in this regard is sub-judice for the last over 14 years. Some more cases about illegal allotment of shop at Trikuta Nagar etc shall be disclosed in next issue.