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Early Times Report
jammu, May 4: Despite repeated pleas by various organisations of Kashmiri migrants the government has failed to safeguard their left over properties and religious places in the Valley.
In open violation of Migrants Property Distress Sale Act hundreds kanals of land of displaced Pandits has been grabbed by land mafia and anti social elements in league with officials of Revenue Department and politicians.
Sources said fake mutation has been made by the land grabbers in connivance of Revenue officials.
Sources said migrants residential houses, shops, agriculture land, orchards and land belonging to religious places has been grabbed almost in every part of Valley and the authorities at the helm of affairs have failed to take action by restoring the land of displaced Pandits or that of their religious places to them.
The newly constructed houses in Srinagar and its outskirts have either been encroached by mafia or were purchased by on throwaway prices taking advantage of distress of displaced people in open violation of 1997 Distress Sale Act
In Pulwama area a newly constructed house has been grabbed by some goons after framing fake papers to hoodwink the people by a former militant in Pulwama .
The militant has also constructed a shopping complex on this land and poor migrant is running from pillar to post for justice but to no avail.
The failure of Government in implementation of Distress Sale Act has given a free hand to the mafia. Kashmiri migrants while commenting on it said there l is a next between land mafia , politicians and revenue officials and till it is not broken the mafia will continue to rule the roost.
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