A case has been registered against Lal Singh's wife Kanta Andotra for making false declarations to possess the land for her Trust much beyond the ceiling fixed by the Jammu and Kashmir Government for agricultural lands.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case of criminal breach of trust and corruption against a Kathua-based educational trust run by former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh’s family and certain government servants, officials said on Tuesday.

A case has been registered against Lal Singh’s wife Kanta Andotra for making false declarations to possess the land for her Trust much beyond the ceiling fixed by the Jammu and Kashmir Government for agricultural lands.

Besides naming the R B Educational Trust, in which Singh’s wife and son are the members, some serving and former revenue officials who had helped the institution have also been booked. These include the then Kathua Deputy Commissioner Ajay Singh Jamwal, then Tehsildar Marheen, Avtar Singh, Naib Tehsildar Dheeraj Kumar, Girdwar Ram Pal, and Patwari Sudesh Kumar.

The agency officials carried out searches on Tuesday morning at nine locations — three in Jammu and six at Kathua — in connection with the case, according to the officials.

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