KARACHI: An accountability court on Thursday sentenced a private person to 10-year imprisonment for illegally getting state land worth Rs430 million registered in the name of a dead person, and selling it to two parties.
Muhammad Ilyas was found guilty of getting documents carrying fictitious entries in respect of 21.20 acres of land in Karachi in connivance with two revenue officials and selling it to two persons, Muhammad Arif Rogatia and Khursheed Alam.
On Thursday, Accountability Court-III Judge Dr Sher Bano Karim pronounced her verdict, which was reserved after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides.
She also slapped a fine of Rs430 million on the convict. On default, he would have to undergo an additional two-year imprisonment.
Man sentenced to 10 years for land fraud
Karachi
May 21, 2021
An accountability court on Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for committing a fraud of Rs430 million by registering government land in the name of two dead persons and then selling it.
The accountability court-III judge Dr Sher Bano Karim convincted the accused, Muhammad Ilyas, for the offence and also slapped a fine of Rs430 million to recover the money. According to the prosecution, Ilyas prepared fictitious entries in documents for an over-21-acre piece of land in Karachi in connivance with two revenue officials and sold it to private persons, Arif Rogatia and Khursheed Alam.