Budgam, Jan 01: Continuing its relentless efforts to crackdown on financial frauds and scams, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) has filed a chargesheet against two accused for cheating a woman aspirant by providing her with a forged appointment order for government job in Agriculture department, officials said on Thursday.
They said the chargesheet has been filed against the accused before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Chadoora, Budgam in connection with FIR No. 43/2021 registered under Sections 420/511, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. They identified the accused as Showkat Ahmad Hajam S/o Mohd Akbar Hajam R/o Wagoora, Tehsil Chadoora, District Budgam and Irshad Ahmad Ahanger S/o Ghulam Mohd Ahanger R/o Ratnipora, District Pulwama.
An EOW spokesperson said in a statement that the case stems from a communication received from the Deputy Director, Agriculture, alleging that a woman attempted to join the Directorate on the basis of a fake and invalid appointment order. It was reported that on 30.11.2019, a woman visited the office with a photocopy of a purported official communication bearing No. Agri/ESstt-NG/2018-19/8451-53 dated 22.11.2019. On verification, the communication was found to be fake and fictitious, having not been issued by the Directorate. Further scrutiny revealed that the appointment orders quoted therein, viz; Order No. 385/Estt. of 2019 dated 26.04.2019 and Order No. 16/Estt. of 2019 dated 29.01.2019, were also forged.
During investigation, he said, it was established that accused Irshad Ahmad Ahanger had obtained the aforesaid fake and forged communication from co-accused Showkat Ahmad Hajam. The said forged order showed three persons as selected/appointed as orderlies in the Agriculture Department, Kashmir Division. On the basis of this fake order, one lady from Pathan, Pulwama was cheated and induced to believe that she had been legitimately appointed, pursuant to which she attempted to join the Agriculture Department, Kashmir at Srinagar on 30.11.2019.
Investigation further revealed that the accused persons had entered into a criminal conspiracy to prepare and use forged appointment orders with an intention to cheat aspirants of government employment. Although no monetary transaction or wrongful gain/loss could be established, the act constituted an attempt to cheat, attracting Section 511 IPC, the statement reads.
Accordingly, the statement further reads, upon completion of investigation, the chargesheet has been filed before the competent court of law for judicial determination.
