Srinagar, Sep 2 (NVI) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K has filed a charge-sheet against five people for allegedly preparing and using fake appointment, transfer and relieving orders in the Education Department, officials said on Wednesday.
The charge-sheet was filed before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam, in connection with FIR No. 36/2021 registered under various sections of the RPC, they said.
The accused have been identified as Nisar Ahmad Bhat of Tral in Pulwama, Shakir Gull of Kachdoora in Shopian, Mohammad Ayaz Rather of Ratnipora in Shopian, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad of Kachdoora in Shopian and Tanveer Ahmad Rather of Khudpora Mowgam in Anantnag.
The case was registered following a communication from the Director, School Education Kashmir, regarding three persons who had joined as teachers in Zone Nagam, Charar-i-Sharief, Budgam, on the basis of purported transfer and adjustment orders allegedly issued by the Directorate.
During the investigation, the EOW found that the documents carried forged signatures, order numbers and dispatch or endorsement numbers, officials said.
Records obtained from the concerned education authorities confirmed that Rather, Ruhail and Tanveer had been transferred or adjusted on the basis of the questioned documents.
Verification from the Directorate further established that its order book had been closed on December 31, 2019, indicating that the order and endorsement numbers mentioned in the documents were fictitious, they said.
The investigation also found that the three individuals had never been appointed anywhere in the Education Department, according to the EOW.
Bhat, who was working as a teacher, and Gull allegedly acted as facilitators or intermediaries, while Bhat allegedly arranged the means and machinery used for fabricating and printing the forged official documents, officials said.
The allegations were found substantiated during the investigation and the charge-sheet was subsequently presented before the court for judicial determination, the EOW said.
The Crime Branch has advised people to remain vigilant against such economic frauds and report suspicious activities to the SSP, EOW Kashmir.—(NVI)
