EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 10: Crime Branch (CB) Jammu registered a criminal case against an employee of Health Department posted at Mattan, Anantnag for his involvement in drawl of relief and ration worth lakhs of rupees, under the migrant quota, by resorting to impersonation, forgery after hatching criminal conspiracy with officials/officers of Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Jammu. The accused Mukhtiyar Ahmed Sheikh, son of Sultan Sheikh of Achabal, Anantnag was booked by Crime Branch after a complaint of forgery was lodged against him by Gani Maqbool, Chairman Antarrashtriya Upbhokta Kalyan Samiti, Kashmir Province General Secretary BJP Anantnag. Gani Maqbool had filed the complaint on behalf of the complainant Ali Mohd Paddar, son of Mohd Sultan Paddar of Achabal Anantnag wherein he had mentioned that the complainant approached him with an application stating that he is a carpenter by profession and he never migrated from valley to Jammu, nor did he manage any original ration card under cash assistance from Relief Commissioner Jammu but alleged that his neighbour Mukhtyar Ahmed Sheikh, who is a government employee in Health Department at Mattan Anantnag Kashmir, took the advantage of his gentleness, innocence and illiteracy and forged/prepared bogus ration card in his name in the Relief Organization Jammu for cash assistance category under Migrant quota. The accused fixed his own photograph on D-Form and thereby impersonated himself as Ali Mohd Padder and also opened a bank account at Canara Bank Shalimar Road Jammu. He has drawn lakhs of cash from the bank besides ration quota from Government Ration Store meant for migrants. Taking cognizance into the matter a preliminary verification was conducted by Crime Branch Jammu and during the course of enquiry it came to the fore that the accused with the criminal intention hatched a criminal conspiracy in connivance with the officials/officers of Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner Jammu and prepared fake ration card by submitting fake and forged documents of the complainant and caused wrongful gain for himself and corresponding loss to the government exchequer. The omissions and commissions, thereof, on the part of accused Mukhtiyar Ahmed Sheikh prima facie constitute offences punishable u/s 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC. Accordingly, a formal case is registered in P/S Crime Branch, Jammu against the accused person and others for in-depth investigation.
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