JAMMU, Jan 10: The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch Jammu has registered an FIR in a job fraud case involving fake appointment orders of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
It said that the case was registered after two separate complaints were received, alleging cheating and forgery in the name of providing Government jobs.
He said the accused, identified as Mohammad Tahir of Ward Number 7, Banola area of Poonch district, allegedly duped two complainants by promising them jobs in the High Court.
In the first case, he said, the accused met the complainant during a train journey from Jammu to Roorkee and later developed friendly relations.
According to SSP SCW Jammu, the accused allegedly assured the complainant of a job in the High Court and took Rs 2 lakh, partly through bank transfer and partly in cash, and handed over a fake appointment order.
When the complainant approached the High Court authorities for joining, it was found that the appointment order was forged, he said. He said, in the second case, the accused, who was known to the complainant for a long time, initially took Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of his wife’s medical treatment.
He later promised to arrange a job for the complainant’s son in the High Court and obtained his documents. Verification revealed that this appointment order was also fake,” the SSP SCW Jammu said.
In this way, the accused allegedly cheated both complainants of a total amount of Rs 4 lakh rupees, he said. Following a preliminary verification conducted by Inspector Deepak Bharti, the allegations were found to be substantiated, he said, adding that consequently, a case was registered at Police Station Special Crime Wing, Crime Branch Jammu, under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Meanwhile, further investigation in the case has been entrusted to Deputy Superintendent of Police Javaid Iqbal Tabassum.
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