Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 22: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K has chargesheeted a habitual offender in a fake job fraud case, accusing him of cheating a complainant by allegedly using forged documents to promise employment, officials said on Saturday The chargesheet was filed against Abdul Majeed Mir a resident of Lashtiyal Kalaroos in Kupwara, before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kupwara, in case registered this year under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 201 RPC. EoW said the case pertains to a written complaint alleging that the accused had cheated the complainant of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing him with a Government job and, in furtherance of the said deception, had furnished him with a fake and forged appointment order purportedly issued by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, J&K Bank. Accordingly, a probe was ordered, and on the basis of the facts and evidence brought on record during the investigation, the allegations were found to be established and the case was concluded as proved, they said. Consequently, the chargesheet was presented before the Court for judicial determination. They said Mir is a known habitual offender and has been involved in 15 different Criminal cases across Kashmir Valley. He was arrested on July 18 and is presently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar in connection with a separate of Police Station Economic Offences Wing Kashmir, Crime Branch J&K. |