‘Complainant among three chargesheeted’
Diplomat Correspondent
Srinagar: The sleuths of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) have filed a chargesheet after bursting a railway recruitment racket that was operational in Kashmir.
The chargesheet has been filed against three persons, who were booked in a fraud case.
As per the officials, the officials have filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 08/2025 before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Beerwah, Budgam, against three accused persons for their alleged involvement in a fake Railway recruitment scam.
The chargesheet has been submitted under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC.
The Crime Branch has identified accused persons, against whom the chargesheet has been filed, as Abdul Hamid Sheikh, resident of Chewdara in Budgam; Adil Shah, resident of Srinagar at present Zewan and Mufti Ghulam Hassan Kumar, resident of Sopore at present Rutsuna in Budgam.
The case was registered in the wake of a written complaint filed by Ghulam Hassan Kumar, resident of Hib-Dangerpora, Sopore at present Rutsuna, Budgam.
“Abdul Hamid Sheikh and Adil Shah had provided him fake appointment letters claiming that these were issued by the Railway Recruitment Board, New Delhi,” the complainant claimed in his written complaint to Crime Branch, Kashmir.
These documents carried fabricated seals and signatures of the DGM, Northern Railway, Paharganj, New Delhi.
Accordingly, a probe was ordered, and during the course of action, it was prima-facie established that the accused persons had conspired with each other, luring the victims on the pretext of providing Govt jobs, and extracted substantial sums of money. The verification of the appointment letters confirmed them to be fake and forged.
During the course of investigation, the complainant Mufti Ghulam Hassan Kumar was also found to be involved in the commission of the said offence.
Surprisingly, the investigation revealed that Mufti Ghulam Hassan Kumar had himself taken money from other victims on the false pretext of providing them employment and “had further issued fake job orders to them.”
His role surfaced during the probe, establishing his active involvement in the fraudulent scheme and conspiracy along with the other accused persons.
The circumstances, and evidence collected during investigation, the FIR u/s 173 Cr.PC has been presented before the Court for judicial adjudication.DD