The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday filed a chargesheet against 22 persons for allegedly tampering with revenue records and fraudulently withdrawing payments in Budgam district, an official said. The accused include two collectors of the Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA), earlier known as Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), four retired public servants and 16 beneficiaries, a spokesperson of the anti-graft body said. J-K ACB filed a chargesheet against 22 persons fraudulently withdrawing payments through insertions and tampering with revenue records in the central Kashmir district, he said.

The case was registered on the basis of a joint surprise check (JSC) conducted by the ACB into allegations of abuse of official positions of the Rukhs and Farms department in Kashmir, he said. He said that the alleged abuse was done by way of making insertions and tampering with the revenue records which led to the subsequent drawl of fraudulent payments against the excess state land and shown allotted to Kamas (tenants) at Rakh-e-Aerth Budgam. During the JSC inspection, conducted into compensation payments made for the rehabilitation of Dal dwellers, it was revealed that the officials of the Revenue and Agriculture department "conspired" with certain beneficiaries (Kamas/tenants) to "fraudulently inflate land records" to claim excess compensation, the spokesperson said.