Multiple sale of same land led to 39-yr-old man’s murder
Gola Shah
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Name of a notorious land grabber Ravinder Kumar alias Gola Shah has again surfaced, in a major crime, this time in murder of a 39-year-old man at Greater Kailash area on Monday evening. The victim’s family has also alleged the involvement of some police officers for supporting land grabbing for obvious reasons.
The deceased Avtar Singh son of Balbir Singh was attacked by the goons reportedly associated with Gola Shah at Greater Kailash today evening. His body was late in evening shifted to GMC hospital for postmortem, the report of which is awaited.
The deceased’s family members said that Gola Shah was also along with the murderers and he managed to flee from the spot. “We had also informed police that Gola Shah and goons are threatening my son, but police delayed,” said victim’s father to media persons at GMC hospital Jammu, leveling serious allegations against IC/PP Greater Kailash SI- Puneet Sharma and SHO Gangyal Inspector Harmohinder Singh.
“Our plot measuring 1 kanal and 13 marlas was being again grabbed by Gola Shah and his close associate retired SSP Sheikh Mehmood alias Moodi,” said victim’s father, adding Gola sold this land to us in 2008 and in 2018 Gola Shah re-sold this plot to relative of SSP Moodi and now today my son was murdered when he went to this plot, which we purchased in 2008.”
“Gola Shah was actually cornered and exposed during the tenure of Dilbagh Singh as IGP Jammu Zone. His nexus was busted and FIRs were registered against Gola at that time for selling plots to multiple clients in Greater Kailash, Chowadhi, Bathindi, Sunjwan, Channi Himmat extension and Trikuta Nagar extension,” members of victim’s family said, while protesting at Jammu GMC hospital’s mortuary.
“During his arrest in multiple FIRs at various police stations, Gola Shah was put to clean the toilets and washrooms in police stations besides being taken to courts in open vehicles so that people identify him and don’t put their hard earned money to buy already sold land from him. Later, Gola Shah kept quiet for some time and now again started his land grabbing business,” said the family members of the deceased.
“Earlier police has tightened the noose around Gola Shah but nowadays he has again started land grabbing, threatening people, and reselling the already sold plots in association with some police officials,” said Ex-DDC Member Taranjit Singh Tony, who joined the aggrieved family in the protest.
Various FIRs have been registered against Gola Shah at Gangyal, Bahu Fort, RS Pura, Gandhi Nagar and Crime Branch police stations, pertaining to land grabbing offences, land frauds, trespassing, Arms Act and Section 420.
People have approached Crime Branch and police stations at different places along with complaints of land grabbing by Gola Shah, which are being investigated.
The Crime Branch was also investigating massive properties of Gola Shah in the past three to two decades as he has no business but has constructed palatial bungalow and owned luxurious cars.
Twice PSA was also slapped against him and he was lodged in jail.
In 2019, Ravinder Kumar @ Ravinder Gupta @ Gola Shah was arrested by Crime Branch, Jammu in FIR 19/2011 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B/RPC .
During the investigation he was summoned several times to cooperate in the investigation of the case. But he kept on evading the calls of the Investigating Officers.
In the meanwhile he approached the Court and got bail on August 16, 2019.
Despite the Court order, Gola Shah did not bother to come to the Investigating Officer for completing the bail formalities as well as in cooperating the investigation of the case.
On 22nd August, 2019, the Investigating Officer submitted report of the case sought by the Court along with past conduct of the accused – Ravinder Kumar @ Ravinder Gupta @ Gola Shah who is a notorious land grabber criminal, having trail of 20 FIRs against him. He is a history sheeter in Police Station Gangyal. In 2006 when land grabbing incidences by Gola Shah started growing out of control, the then District Magistrate Jammu slapped arrest warrants under PSA against him. Additional Sessions Judge again directed the accused to immediately cooperate in the investigation of the case. On August 23, 2019, Gola Shah was arrested and put to sustained questioning for conducting the investigation to a logical end.
On May 27, 2022, Notorious land grabber Ravinder Gupta alias Grabber Of Land Association (GOLA) Shah was again arrested by Gangyal Police under Public Safety Act (PSA).
Jammu police, soon after the orders of the District Magistrate Jammu, shifted him to Central Jail Kot Bhalwal.
FIR 53/2022 u/s 420, 467, 468, 504, 506, 379 IPC was registered against Gola Shah following a complaint filed by Kamal Nabh Sharma, son of Late Hans Raj, resident of H. No: 123, Peer Mitha, Jammu, wherein he has stated that Gola Shah has allegedly grabbed his plot at Greater Kailash.
Over 22 FIRs related to land grabbing, cheating and fraudulent deals are already registered against Gola Shah in various police stations of Jammu and Kashmir.
Besides this, Gola Shah has been found involved in number of heinous crimes within the jurisdiction of the different Police Station of Jammu district viz in P/S Gangyal FIR 27/2002 U/S 447,379 RPC; FIR 61/2004 U/S 447, 147 RPC; FIR 95/2006 U/S 420, 120B RPC; FIR 101/2006 U/S 420 RPC; FIR 103/2006 U/S 420 RPC; FIR 9/2007 U/S 447, 420 RPC; FIR 24/2007 U/S 420 RPC; FIR 155/2011 U/S 427, 147 RPC; FIR 163/2011 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471, 1208 RPC; FIR No 171/2011 U/s 341, 504, 506 RPC ; FIR 52/2012 U/S 420 RPC; In P/S Channi Himmat, FIR 53/2005 U/S 341, 323, 385 RPC; FIR 57/2006 U/S 353, 447/34 RPC; FIR 9/2007; U/S 447, 467, 468, 471 RPC; FIR 182/2021 U/S 409, 1208 IPC; In P/S Bahu Fort, FIR 128/2005 U/S 405, 406 RPC and 3/25 Arms Act; FIR 42/2022 U/S 420, 467, 468, 452, 323, 504, 506 IPC; In P/S Gandhi Nagar, FIR 42/2012 U/S 452, 471, 464, 469, 504, 506, 352, 1204 B, 341 RPC 3/25 Arms Act; In P/S R S Pura, FIR 31/2012 U/S 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B 34 RPC; In Crime Branch, Jammu, FIR 19/2011 U/S 420, 1208 RPC; FIR 06/2019 U/S 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 RPC.
The Jammu police has again appealed to the general public to come forward and lodge complaints against Gola Shah and his associates, if they have cheated them of money in lieu of fake plots and land grabbing.